as in amateurs
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
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The Padres’ first move of the offseason will flesh out the club’s current crop of international amateurs.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025 -
Composite sticks, made of carbon fiber and other lightweight advanced materials, are now far more popular and preferred by both amateurs and professionals.—
Joseph Hostetler,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Founded by engineers, designers, and lifelong tinkerers frustrated by the barriers to traditional CNC manufacturing, the company’s mission is to make powerful digital fabrication tools smarter, simpler, and more accessible.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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This Space Cowboys vibe makes sense because this tech boom looks less like the last one — social apps powered by subway ads and nap pods — than the 1980s PC revolution, powered by tinkerers with motherboards and soldering irons.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Putterers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putterers. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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