putterer

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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Noun
  • Nolthenius hopes that more astronomers – professionals and amateurs – will turn their eyes to the skies to observe Quaoar's occultations.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On the surface, almost every ability in the game is designed for amateurs to pick up with little experience.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At $3,499, it is clearly not priced for small-scale tinkerers.
    Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Putterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putterer. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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