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as in amateur
being such only for recreation
racing stunts that nonprofessional drivers should not attempt to duplicate
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as in inexperienced
lacking or showing a lack of expert skill
didn't like the nonprofessional photos the modeling agency did for her
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as in tinkerer
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
one need not be a legal professional to join the bar association; it is open to professionals and nonprofessionals alike
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Recent Examples of nonprofessional
IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
So far, the reviews of nonprofessional watchers are mixed but tend to be far kinder.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Competitors in two categories – Restaurant Division (local restaurants, bars and professional food businesses) and Amateur Division (nonprofessionals) must register by Jan. 17.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Being able to work with computers interactively and in real time was generally unavailable to nonprofessional computer users at the time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
So far, the reviews of nonprofessional watchers are mixed but tend to be far kinder.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
The nonprofessionals in the film certainly believe so.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Competitors in two categories – Restaurant Division (local restaurants, bars and professional food businesses) and Amateur Division (nonprofessionals) must register by Jan. 17.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonprofessional
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This is Ganne's sixth time playing the ANWA, which already has become as prestigious as any amateur event in women's golf, mainly because of where the final round is played.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mullin will also face congressional Democrats’ wrath as lawmakers on Capitol Hill have already begun to investigate DHS for the massive contracts to individuals and companies that were inexperienced, had connections to Noem’s staff, or contained other irregularities.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Schaeffer won over most of the Rockies players quickly, but, fielding a young, inexperienced team, Colorado limped toward the finish line, going 4-21 in September.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Cronenworth has always been quite the worker and quite the tinkerer in the cage.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rather than targeting end users, the company aims to empower developers, researchers, and tinkerers to create breakthrough humanoid applications without building full robots from scratch.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Nonprofessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonprofessional. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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