dilettantish

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Revered for his prodigious talent and larger-than-life charisma, he also has been criticized by those who’d like to see him focus on conducting and put away his silly stage musicals and other dilettantish distractions.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

A former electronics whiz kid, he has squandered his youth on dilettantish studies in physics and anthropology, followed by a series of botched get-rich-quick schemes.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019

Even so, you may find yourself cheering her on as she begins to jettison the trappings of a dilettantish rich kid and morphs into a thoughtful artist.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

Adventure Mode is an arbitrary game, and there is something crudely dilettantish about it, like Marie Antoinette playacting on her private farm.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

As they saw the new professor walking over the farm in a dilettantish way, superintending operations with gloved hands, and never touching any implement, doubts arose which soon ripened into skepticism.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by White, Andrew Dickson