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tyro
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a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
- He's a good musician, but at 14, he's still a tyro and has a lot to learn.
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amateur, dilettante, dabbler, tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials
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- a painting obviously done by an amateur
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- remained an amateur despite lucrative offers
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- had no patience for dilettantes
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- a dabbler who started novels but never finished them
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- shows talent but is still a mere tyro
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