dabbling

ADJECTIVE

dilettante

Synonyms

STRONG

green rookie tenderfoot

WEAK

artsy fartsy half-baked half-cocked unaccomplished ungifted unskilled

Antonyms

WEAK

professional

ADJECTIVE

unfinished

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bare incomplete unadorned undeveloped unfulfilled

WEAK

amateurish crude cut short defective deficient dilettante faulty formless found wanting fragmentary half-baked half-done immature imperfect in the making in the rough lacking natural not done plain raw rough roughhewn shapeless sketchy tentative unaccomplished unassembled uncompleted unconcluded under construction undone unexecuted unfashioned unperfected unpolished unrefined wanting

Antonyms

WEAK

completed finished polished refined whole

NOUN

dalliance

Synonyms

STRONG

delay idling loafing playing poking procrastination toying trifling

WEAK

delaying dilly-dallying frittering frivoling loitering procrastinating puttering

Antonyms

WEAK

hastening hurrying push rush

Example Sentences

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He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

And it been dabbling with artificial intelligence to see if it would be useful.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

He grew up dabbling at his local multi-sport club before choosing which one he would come to revolutionize: cross-country skiing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The company is dabbling in generative AI with a three-year licensing deal signed with OpenAI in December that will allow fans to create short videos featuring Disney characters through artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Now she was acting like an in-law, like an aunt, dabbling at helping Ruth and the girls, but having no interest in or knowledge of decent housekeeping, she got in the way.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

dabbling

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