amateurishness

/ˈæməˌtʃɝɪʃnəs/ noun

The quality of being amateurish.

Word Origin Amateurishness is the quality of being amateurish, from amateur (lover) + -ish + -ness. It's the state of doing something for love rather than expertise. The root amare 'to love' connects it to enamor and paramour. So amateurishness is literally 'the condition of being like a lover' — enthusiastic but maybe clumsy.

noun The quality of being amateurish. countable

The amateurishness of his performance was evident in his shaky technique.

(名词) 业余性

他表演中的业余水平从其生疏的技巧中显而易见。

(sustantivo) amateurismo; impericia; torpeza [La cualidad de ser amateur.]

Lo amateur de su interpretación era evidente en su técnica insegura.

(nom) amateurisme; caractère amateur [Caractère de ce qui est amateur, dû à un manque de compétence ou de professionnalisme.]

L'amateurishness de sa performance se voyait dans la maladresse de sa technique.

(Substantiv) Laienhaftigkeit; Dilettantismus [Die Eigenschaft, unprofessionell oder laienhaft zu sein; mangelnde fachliche Qualität.]

Die **Amateurishness** der Inszenierung fiel selbst ungeübten Zuschauern auf.

(名詞) 素人らしい性質。未熟で、専門的な技術・知識が足りないこと。

彼の演技が素人っぽいことは、不安定な技術を見れば明らかだった。

(substantivo) amadorismo [A qualidade de ser amador.]

O amadorismo de sua performance era evidente em sua técnica trêmula.

Word parts: amateur + ish + ness

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