How to use amateur in a sentence

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• An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, and amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.From the entry before
• A timing light is a tool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.From the entry tool
• Esperanto can make a good stepping stone language to Latin, which may be difficult for amateur linguists.From the entry stepping stone
• The athlete was unwinded by the run, while the amateur found himself gasping for breath.From the entry unwinded
• I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.From the entry rank
• Magazine illustrations cut hackingly by her tiny, amateur fingers.From the entry hackingly
• We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.From the entry outstrip
• Is an amateur sports club's willingness to pay influenced by its acceptance of Asport services?2021, Hyun-Woo Lee, Natasha T. Brison, Heetae Cho, Adopting New Technologies in Sports Marketing, page 24. From the entry sports club
• Amateur foodstagrammers may also attempt to build popularity through their photos and break into the professional realm.2016 November, Beth Steinmann, “Are Food Selfies Out of Control?”, in Benicio Magazine, page 18. From the entry foodstagrammer
• Editors are very sensitive to POV slips; many consider it the mark of an amateur.2014, Paula Munier, Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene. From the entry head-hop
• She enjoys amateur cookery, cat cuddlery, and other forms of heart-warmery.2013, Gennady Stolyarov II, Death is Wrong, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry cuddlery
• Amateur traders get nerve-wracked, and tend to sell short of their predetermined exit points.2009, Josh DiPietro, The Truth About Day Trading Stocks, →ISBN. From the entry nerve-wracked
• He watches a kendo —— stickfighting —— match between another ronin and an amateur.2008 April 27, David Mamet, “Hard Lessons Learned in the Ring”, in New York Times. From the entry stickfighting
• Next we tried amateurs, two college students out to make their fortune as modern-day Sam Spades.2006, Betsy Burton, The King's English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller, page 64. From the entry Sam Spade
• Ditto for screenplays written by professional writers compared to screenplays written by amateurs.2004 June 1, nmstevens, “Newbie question... Marketing your script?”, in misc.writing.screenplays (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry amateurland
• The scientists had partly suspected that the maneless males were adolescents mistaken for adults by amateur observers.2002 April, Philip Caputo, “Maneless Lions”, in National Geographic. From the entry maneless
• OK, greetz to all the real amateur radio ops and enthusiasts out there.2000, MattD.., “Greetz! And Mark, where are ya?”, in uk.radio.amateur (Usenet). From the entry greetz
• I am not a psychiatrist -- I am a psychiatric amateur (amateuse); a mere hobbyist.1999 February 25, quondam, “Boarding school for Beatrice and Eugenie?”, in alt.gossip.royalty (Usenet). From the entry amateuse
• Going amateur is a great way to compete just on the weekends.1996 October 11, Alex Wagenblast, “after hs-IA”, in rec.sport.rodeo (Usenet). From the entry bull riding
• He said he was an amateur archaeologist and an old acquaintance of Li Yuchun’s.1989, 车慕奇 [Che Muqi], “Visit to an Ancient City Buried in the Desert”, in 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present], Beijing: Foreign…. From the entry Qira
• Professional hairworkers had always practised their craft, despite the activities of lady amateurs.1985, Shirley Bury, An Introduction to Sentimental Jewellery, page 41. From the entry hairworker
• Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 31. From the entry khat
• The Club's collection of pictures is a delight to amateur philotechnists.1954, Cecil J. Wilkinson, The University Club of Washington: The First Fifty Years, 1904-1954, page 119. From the entry philotechnist
• "I could have slugged this pair of amateur gorillas any hour of the day or night.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 138. From the entry gorilla
• It looks as though a group of amateur lensers had shot it off the cuff.1949, The New York Times Film Reviews, volume 4, page 2822. From the entry lenser
• Amateur astronomers needn't do a lot of mathematical pencilwork with this clear, all-plastic celestial globe.1948 November, “Globe Aids Star Study”, in Popular Science, page 243. From the entry pencilwork
• Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82. From the entry pix
• "Merely an amateur," put in Carrados, suavely, but with the incisiveness of a scalpel.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry incisiveness
• Till the police come we are only a pack of very amateur sleuthhounds.1922, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter 6, in The Man Who Knew Too Much. From the entry sleuthhound
• Just don't get a Klavarskribo edition, as these employ a quirky notation system developed especially for amateur organists.2023 November, Michael R. Kearney, “Every Stop Has Something to Say: Dutch Organ Music Continues to Sing”, in American Organist Magazine…. From the entry Klavarskribo
• The talent contests and amateur hours that go back centuries are in fact very much like America’s Got Talent.2017, Ivan Cury, “Reality Programming”, in Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry amateur hour
• He said, “Pros are predictable, amateurs are dangerous!”2014, Dave Erickson, JP Grebenc, Superior Texas Hold'em: Evolved Poker Strategy. From the entry white belt
• Also called guli danda, Gilli Danda is a sport for an amateur which is very popular among rural youth.2013, Hachette India, Indiapedia: The All-India Factfinder. From the entry gilli-danda
• But now the stage is set for the return of the amateur, in a twenty-first century incarnation, as the citizen scientist.2012, Janis L. Dickinson, Rick Bonney, Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental Research, Cornell University Press, →ISBN. From the entry citizen scientist
• For all his tuttings about inexperienced amateurs, he had not taken in a word that Nansen had said.2011, Fergus Fleming, Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole. From the entry tutting

Meaning of amateur

1. noun A lover of something.
2. noun A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
3. noun Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

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Questions about amateur in a sentence

How do you use amateur in a sentence?

Amateur is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The contest is only open to amateurs.”

What is a short sentence with amateur?

“We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.”

What does amateur mean?

Amateur means a lover of something.