Synonym: beginner, expert, professional, specialist. Similar words: alma mater, hauteur, dramatic, dramatize, a matter of, defamatory, acclamation, dramatically. Meaning: ['æmətə] n. 1. someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2. does not play for pay. adj. 1. engaged in as a pastime 2. lacking professional skill or expertise.
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181) The first time, in 1962, Daley ran a political amateur for sheriff and Ogilvie beat him.
182) But whereas amateur athletes often compete just for the privilege of winning, retailers compete for customers and profit.
183) A judge and landlord, he throve on amateur metaphysics and early anthropology, purveying monkey theories almost a century ahead of Darwin.
184) Some years ago I worked with a golfer who had achieved a considerable amount of success, winning several amateur trophies.
184) Wish you will love sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
185) But will anyone want to sit through nine hours of amateur theatre?
186) Local officials will speechify on Friday, followed by amateur talent performances.
187) There was a professionalism and explosive expertise about the operation totally alien to the loyalist slap-dash, amateur bombers.
188) Then Tommy was challenged by an amateur named Arthur Molesworth.
189) This hard backed book is an invaluable source for the amateur photographer who wants to make the break into studio work.
190) Either that, or like amateur actors of no great talent taking part in some grotty costume play.
191) Of course, the three, original, amateur conspirators had other ideas.
192) After the accusation, they are worried-sick parents, small-town pariahs, amateur lawyers, sometime sleuths, etc.
193) He was a keen amateur photographer for many years before he turned professional.
194) By launching the commercial scheme in the guise of an athletic club it falls within the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association.
195) Taylor began his playing career as an amateur goalkeeper.
196) Goertz found the IRA exasperatingly amateur.
197) Last summer the drummer became an amateur dramatist dramatically.
198) Promote Amateur Radio Communication, enhance skills and technology.
199) You also read an amateur in international trade book?
200) But amateur Egyptologist Maureen Clemmons has a theory.
201) Amateur boxing with 12-level, professional boxing with 17 levels.
202) I always was good at amateur theatricals.
203) A wealthy amateur sportsman, especially an amateur yachtsman.
204) Academic theory amateur, Social sciences amateur, Natural science amateur.
205) The Shenyang Ice Eagle amateur ice hockey team was created in Liaoning province in 2002.
206) He has a wave named for him. ) Make us good at things, the countertenor and the German language, and teach us to be as easy in our amateur standing as the best man at a roommate's wedding.
207) Well meaning amateur and professional researchers capture songbirds , weighing and banding them.
208) The amateur astronomer must consult the exposure meter and not rely on his senses.
209) Wolff wants organized sports -- recreational, amateur and professional -- to incorporate divisions that include athletes with disabilities.
210) It is one of the best examples of a planetary nebula and a favorite target of amateur astronomers.
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