amateurishness

Example Sentences

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The amateurishness of the website should perhaps have raised questions.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Certain costumes for the enchanted objects — I’m talking about you, flatware! — look dorky to the point of amateurishness, a shortcoming that can highlight Josh Walden’s stilted choreography.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2021

It is this air of slightly wild, unstyled amateurishness that shines through Diego’s reminiscences.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2017

The five dancers other than Ms. Srinivasan share her endearing enthusiasm, though that’s the positive side of varying degrees of amateurishness that sap her designs of some of their potential power.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2014

In spite of the amateurishness and opportunism of their leaders, the PAC rank and file displayed great courage and fortitude in their demonstrations at Sharpeville and Langa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela