amateurishness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English amateurish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English amateurishness From amateurish + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being amateurish.
He betrays his amateurishness in a hundred ways.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V:
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pl amatorskość (Translations)