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Dictionary: non·pro·fes·sion·al   (nŏn'prə-fĕsh'ə-nəl) pronunciation
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n.
One who is not a professional.

nonprofessional non'pro·fes'sion·al adj.
nonprofessionally non'pro·fes'sion·al·ly adv.

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noun

    One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit: amateur, dabbler, dilettante, smatterer, uninitiate. See ability/inability.

adjective

    Lacking the required professional skill: amateurish, dilettante, dilettantish, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful. See ability/inability.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain
  Antonym: professional (meaning #1)

 
 
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