dilettantish
- a word derived from dilettante.
Example Sentences
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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
And my admiration for James Levine's conducting has been mostly of the dilettantish variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2018
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
Mr. O’Rourke spent many years as a dilettantish war correspondent, filing grouchy dispatches from places like South Korea, Nicaragua and the Gaza Strip for magazines that included Rolling Stone and The Atlantic.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011
He was exceedingly well fixed in a money way—a sort of dilettantish architect, with offices in the Metropolitan Tower.
From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph
