How To Use Amateurish In A Sentence

Weakness number one is a cumulative amateurishness. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
While no one disputes Ahola's ability to lift 900 pounds, some have found his performance refreshingly unpracticed, others off-puttingly amateurish.
Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Bomb found in car near Times Square
Within 60 seconds of that score, however, Scotland conceded a try of unutterable amateurishness.
The photographs are of indifferent quality, the layout and design clumsy and amateurish.

The previously undomesticated boy quickly realizes that half-measures like hastily buying his little cousin a pre-packaged lunch at a convenience store on the way to kindergarten can have traumatic consequences in a milieu where bringing in an amateurish or non-homemade bento is perceived as a symptom of a shamefully inadequate family. Daddies dearest
What he does provide are gross out jokes, amateurish animation techniques, and hideous images of the human body and deformed flesh.
Is his dramatic performance appropriate parody or merely amateurish?
The US delegation was shocked by the amateurishness of it all.
The amateurish performances, hamfisted dramatics and video nasty violence are a completely resistible combination.
It was a surprisingly amateurish movie.
Well, it was * really* amateurish of Steele to intoxicatedly meandering into this buzzsaw. Steele Apologizes To Limbaugh, Praises His Leadership
We won't be happy until we've got 400 cable or satellite or digital stations and we can watch the most ridiculous, amateurish, shoddy bits of nonsense.
The problem is that such performances are by definition amateurish. They Are the Very Model of Major Gilbert & Sullivan DVDs
he performed the piece amateurishly
Almost all these bizarre images have a furtive, amateurish air about them; they were never meant to be seen in daylight.
The walls were covered in old paintings, all of them cheap and amateurish, and old faded photographs; the house was a museum. MURDER SONG
It was an amateurish seascape with a great many small boats cavorting on a turbulent ocean. TIME TO MURDER AND CREATE
Finally, the intervention of allied troops was ineffectual and actually amateurish.
Their efforts have typically been amateurish.
There on the pavement these inexpert children of a pacific age, untrained in arms and uninured to violence, abandoned themselves to amateurish and absurd efforts to hurt and injure one another — of which the most palpable consequences were dusty backs, ruffled hair and torn and twisted collars. The History of Mr. Polly
One of them left no impression on me at all and the other struck me as quite amateurish.
Your company may make the best "whatsit" in the industry, but that doesn't mean you can get away with an amateurish-looking website or fail to deliver your product on time. Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles
Spoken dialogue -- Kryptonite for even the starriest of singers -- was treated with wince-inducing amateurishness except by Guetti, the lone singer here able to deliver non-sung text in a credible way, and baritone Charlie Hyland (the evening's appealing, handsomely sung Papageno), who made a brave stab at the comedy. In performance: Magic Flute (Summer Music Festival 2010)
It's the first time cameras have been allowed behind the scenes of lottery operator Camelot, and this rather amateurish film reveals what happens once a win is confirmed.
The reason for the film was the celebration of OUP's quincentenary -- 1478 to 1978, with a special logo and all; it seemed to be a good excuse to celebrate OUP's eccentricity and gentlemanly amateurishness combined with some rather downplayed commercial sense. Old films a go go
In a painting, even an amateurish fencepost looks fine, but an amateurish face looks hideous. I’m Hearing Voice(s)
Most top athletes despise the notion of luck, with its amateurish connotations of fluke and happenstance.
My only tiny complaint is that some of the camerawork is a bit amateurish. Golden Earrings (2010)
It is interesting to guess for oneself and to speculate upon the possibility of a kind of armoured mother-ship for waterplanes and submarines and torpedo craft, but necessarily that would be a mere journalistic and amateurish guessing. An Englishman Looks at the World
Our play is called amateurish; and we wear proudly the name of amateur, for amateurs is but the Tremendous Trifles
Without a trace of tempo or one shred of narrative pacing, What Goes Up is not really a movie; it’s the cheapest kind of amateurishness that looks like it was shot with a cell phone. Quelle Horreur! Summer Fright Flicks are DOA
The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage.
But some of his other early efforts on the DVD collection are amateurish, uneven affairs - a flaw he happily concedes.
Embarrassingly amateurish, he gives new meaning to the term lightweight, and it has nothing to do with his character's ability to float on air. Movie review of 'The Last Airbender'
I think the station is amateurish, playing embarrassing music and is unlistenable.
In spite of the good result, their London election performance was more amateurish than last year's European elections.
a very amateurish job
He peeks behind the curtains, an amateurish move on his part, but nothing too bad.
He rambled on about fringe issues such as pensions and fuel tax but, amateurishly, did not mention the food and gardening TV debate.
The walls were covered in old paintings, all of them cheap and amateurish, and old faded photographs; the house was a museum. MURDER SONG
Most of the work was amateurish - ridiculous doggerel written by unskilled poets.
Looking back, I was totally naive and amateurish, but those six months stood me in good stead for what I'm doing now.
It's expensive, but worth it to avoid the mistakes that mark out a cheap, amateurish video from a slick corporate one.
While no one disputes Ahola's ability to lift 900 pounds, some have found his performance refreshingly unpracticed, others off-puttingly amateurish.
The acting, though amateurish, is energetic and delivered with gusto, and the awkward, theatrical dialogue becomes oddly appropriate (if somewhat stiff) in the affected presence of preening Alan. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things | BuyZombie.com
Attempts at singing punctuate the record, and though Mos Def's technique is unconventional and amateurish, his efforts still manage to remain somewhat charming.
Yes, the actors are all amateurish and the effects chintzy.
Professionalism was continually invoked as the primary means of improvement, whereas amateurishness was mocked as a laughable relic.
Officials said the bomb appeared to be an "amateurish" though potentially deadly. Terror in Times Square
To me, it just seems a bit dotcomish, a bit amateurish, which is fine if you're launching a free service from your garage, not so fine if you've been going for 10 years and have turned over £20+ million," commented angry JustGiving user SteveK on the firm's blog. blog, confirming it was still having problems but added most issues had now been fixed. The Register
Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport-utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Bomb found in car near Times Square
To attack Vowell for the people she cites in the acknowledgments section rather than specific examples from the text is the act of an amateurish cunctator. Virginia Heffernan: The Sarah Palin of Journalism : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits
The bottom line is that it is amateurish and will threaten the safety of our children.
It was an amateurish seascape with a great many small boats cavorting on a turbulent ocean. TIME TO MURDER AND CREATE
It's a push button autodialer poll, but unlike SurveyUSA which has gone to great lengths to improve the accuracy of their push button polling, PPP is kinda amateurish. Poll: Obama And Hillary Tied In Texas
The concert was rather an amateurish affair.
This is called amateurish ambassadorship," Mr. Erdogan said. U.S., Turkey Row Over Press Freedom
The concert was rather an amateurish affair.
Your cheap and amateurish attempt at discrediting someone using a simpletonâ€ ™ s logic only succeeds in discrediting yourself. Think Progress » Passage of India Nuclear Deal Sends The Wrong Message To North Korea, Iran
Enthralled by the idea of a super-strong consciousness which turns human blood to lava or moulten iron, Dostoievsky makes Milton's Satan and Nietzsche's blond beast appear quite amateurish and unconvincing; the strong Slav is a reality in the artistic experience of the writer. Dostoievsky's Mystical Terror
More importantly, what sort of record label would dignify such amateurish enthusiasm by actually releasing it?
But efforts to keep the narrative on track are often disrupted by amateurish lighting and camerawork.
Tom Waits narrates the film, made with no sign of amateurishness.
The Peppermints specialize in a deliberately amateurish, almost quaintly anachronistic form of self-described "barfy" DIY punk.
The Irish health service has been ridiculously amateurish in its entire approach to the threat posed by SARS.
No worries, as Millipede cant grow out of his awfullness, amateurishness, and overall aerosolishness. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
If they try to do so on their own, their attempts will often be amateurish, incompetent, and therefore less of a threat than they might otherwise be.
But efforts to keep the narrative on track are often disrupted by amateurish lighting and camerawork.
Yesterday's heroes ran an amateurish campaign and, in the main, are no fans of quick unity.
On the next wall, there is a clutch of figurative drawings from the early 1990s, some beautifully conceived and others unwieldy and amateurish.
Adolph von Nassau, with the knights of the German empire, swears vengeance, and, accompanied by the chorus, pours out his feelings in a stretta of such incredible vulgarity and amateurishness that Donizetti would have thrown it at the head of any of his pupils who had dared to compose such a thing. My Life — Volume 1
Try to ignore the poor spelling and amateurish design, and concentrate on the quality of advice gleaned from years of experience.
In spite of its amateurish direction and hypocritical preachment, it broke even.
Unfortunately, a lack of official team licences and a combination of amateurish presentation and arcane menus has meant the game has always been outsold by the glossy Fifa series.
Google botnet attack was 'amateurish' - The Aurora attacks on Google which prompted it to threaten to pull out of China were carried out by a bunch of amateurs, according to security firm Damballa. read more Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
The photographs are of indifferent quality, the layout and design clumsy and amateurish.
Their presentation was ill-prepared and disappointing, and their proposals amateurish and ill-informed.
Weakness number one" was not rank amateurishness. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
Looking back to that first World Cup in New Zealand 15 years ago, it all seems laughably innocent and amateurish now.
If your first thought on seeing one-of-a-kind lamps is "Interesting, but is it so amateurishly wired it will conflagrate, setting my home afire, destroying all my belongings, including my irreplaceable collection of back issues of the New York Times Home section?" then your fears will be assuaged by the knowledge that a creator of these particular lamps, Tom Blake, left, is a licensed New York City electrician who has worked on the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings. Post-gazette.com - News
Too often the SAC has drip-fed amateurish and incompetent publishers, sustained untalented writers who would rather run a workshop than confront a blank screen and baled out magazines which are barely literate.
The jerry-built explosive device in the Times Square plot, while dangerous, was described by multiple law enforcement officials and outside experts as of unsophisticated, even amateurish design. Police Find Owner of SUV Used in Bomb Plot
Is his dramatic performance appropriate parody or merely amateurish?
For this amateurish smacktalker to get mentioned as a potential replacement – without immediate scoffing from the White House – screams that things are going from incompetent to worse on Pennsylvania Avenue. Think Progress » Fox’s Tony Snow responds to ThinkProgress commenters
The problem we had with this style is the bluish color didn't really match the wood-panel flooring, the joints weren't well done and different color mortar from each other, and just looked amateurish, which is kinda funny coming from me. OmniNerd
In this country there has always been something a little amateurish about gambling.
And for those few people who actually did know anything about them, most considered their music to be amateurish, a joke - if not simply ridiculous, then a sick and offensive bastardization of ‘real’ music.
And if that sounds rather vague and amateurish, I'm sure it is.
You really want to forgive the amateurishness because of the speed and what seems to be the completeness of the coverage.
Let us celebrate and encourage the powers that be, that they are finally doing the right thing albeit is amateurish at best. Latest on Cork Church records going online… « Cork Genealogist
For the subsidy has encouraged amateurish management and an uncommercial approach.
In the end, the organization looks clumsy and amateurish.
The amateurish performances, ham-fisted dramatics and video nasty violence are a completely resistible combination.
Is his dramatic performance appropriate parody or merely amateurish?
The generous heap of crawfish were shelled (for the lazy eater), but the dish was topped with three whole unshelled crawfish (for the adventurous), which I amateurishly tore apart.
On the next wall, there is a clutch of figurative drawings from the early 1990s, some beautifully conceived and others unwieldy and amateurish.
Though they then ruin the effect by making an amateurish mistake on a flip reference to cricket.
He said: ‘I can only describe it as an amateurish, cack-handed attempt at health promotion by some staggeringly inept students.’
This was a clumsy amateurish attempt by two students.
Beside her other players seem amateurish.
The speed and verve of the humour that hallmarks The Simpsons is almost completely missing in these intricate, but amateurish, cartoon strips with mile upon mile of annoyingly small, handwritten captions.
Typically, the songs mix advanced guitar noodling with amateurish keyboard bashing.
This is a situation which bespeaks an amateurish approach to football administration.
Fundamentally, this is an amateurish, lo-tech operation.
Mimo had warned me that my astrogational skills were too amateurish for me to attempt popping out of hyper-space close to the tiny, elusive target represented by the broom tender. Perseus Spur
Mr. and Mrs. Beaver are amateurishly done, with terrible costumes including pathetic-looking tails.
Some of the girls had amateurish home permanents.
There on the pavement these inexpert children of a pacific age, untrained in arms and uninured to violence, abandoned themselves to amateurish and absurd efforts to hurt and injure one another -- of which the most palpable consequences were dusty backs, ruffled hair and torn and twisted collars. The History of Mr. Polly
It uses inept amateurishness to both compel and repel you.
Fundamentally, this is an amateurish, lo-tech operation.
The result is productions that, regardless of cast, budget, time and effort, cannot drag themselves up from amateurishness.
In his turn he was looking through her, as if her own amateurish disguises were transparent. THE WHITE DOVE
There's a place for charming amateurishness in music but you need to be experienced to do it well.
The impromptu funeral rites she performs are her amateurish attempts to clear her conscience of this terrible burden.
One doesn't expect the same level of amateurishness from the CBC. Archive 2006-12-03
‘They were basically for show and completely amateurish,’ she said.
I can deal with a film that has plot, but at times, it seems like the director's desire to break Hollywood conventions clashes with amateurish writing.
In the end, the organization looks clumsy and amateurish.
What kind of amateurishness is out there that people in the press -- including The Village Crisis In The American Universities
In his turn he was looking through her, as if her own amateurish disguises were transparent. THE WHITE DOVE
The stigma attached to student films is that they are amateurish, dilettantish and excusable on the grounds that they're made by non-professionals.
Worse, it is making unforced errors which make it look amateurish and incompetent.
His account of his road trip has an endearingly amateurish quality-not least because of the author's penchant for mixed metaphors and overwrought prose.

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