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pseudoprofessional

pseudoprofessional adjective: seeming professional, or professionally competent, but lacking true professionalism.

Adjective

pseudoprofessional (not comparable)

  1. Seeming professional, or professionally competent, but lacking true professionalism.
  2. Of or relating to a pseudoprofession.

Origin of pseudoprofessional

From pseudo- + profession + -al.

Questions about pseudoprofessional

What does pseudoprofessional mean?
Pseudoprofessional means seeming professional, or professionally competent, but lacking true professionalism.
What part of speech is pseudoprofessional?
Pseudoprofessional is an adjective.

Words near pseudoprofessional in the dictionary

  1. pseudoproblem
  2. pseudoproblems
  3. pseudoproct
  4. pseudoprocts
  5. pseudoprofession
  6. pseudoprofessional
  7. pseudoprofessions
  8. pseudoprofound
  9. pseudoprofundity
  10. pseudoprogeria
  11. pseudoprogression

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