nonprofessionalism

[nahn-pruh-fesh-uhn-uhl-iz-uhm]

noun

1. the condition of an art, sport, or craft that is not practiced by professionals in an official or organized setting, but by amateurs or for recreation.

2. an uncommon variant of unprofessionalism.

Example Sentences

Describing the owners as “cockroaches,” he accused them of making “thousands of people hostages to your own ambitions, your nonprofessionalism and maybe simply your trivial greed; it is absolutely unacceptable.”

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The present-day vogue for cultural nonprofessionalism has its benefits, and not only in the hothouses of do-it-yourself viral video and reality television.

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