as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
her husband is an inveterate putterer, and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years
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Holed up for 21 exhausting hours with their Iranian counterparts, the American amateur trio had to hold multiple opposed ideas in their minds at the same time while retaining the ability to function.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026 -
Neither amateurs nor studio photographers operated in exclusively Chinese ethnic spaces.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Mac mini has become a status symbol among AI tinkerers, and some analysts say the device’s growing popularity may preface a broader shift in how people use computers.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Cronenworth has always been quite the worker and quite the tinkerer in the cage.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Putterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putterer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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