Amateur

Amateur

[ /ˈamətə, -tʃə, -tjʊə, ˌaməˈtəː/]

noun

·         a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis:

o    it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider

o    his last fight as an amateur

·         a person who is contemptibly inept at a particular activity:

o    that bunch of stumbling amateurs

adjective

·         engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional:

o    an amateur archaeologist

o    amateur athletics

•         done in an inept or unskilful way:

o    it’s all so amateur!