dilettantish

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.

His Romantic affinity for the remnants of antiquity was at once nonchalantly dilettantish and passionately committed.

That’s all before you factor in Neumann’s dilettantish side projects, penchant for extravagance and general mismanagement.

Once he’s charmed his way into Greenleaf’s company, however, Ripley is reminded of the precariousness of his position, in contrast with his comrade’s dilettantish ease, achieved without effort, simply underwritten by his father’s fortune.

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.