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Definition of amateurish:

In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.

Synonyms:

inexpert, unpaid, dilettantish, unskilled, dilettante, bush-league, amateur, ability, unprofessional, recreational, nonprofessional.

unskillful (part of speech: adjective)
- unpolished,
- inept,
- unpracticed,
- unskillful,
- incompetent,
- skill-less,
- crude,
- awkward

Usage examples:

But the cool, quiet, scientific, deliberate riding of the Italians, trained in the finest school in the world, made all their rivals seem, somehow, a little rough and flurried and amateurish; and they gained, as they undoubtedly deserved, the chief honours of the show.

- "A New Medley of Memories", David Hunter-Blair.
In my crude and amateurish way I attacked those eggs, breaking into them, not with the finesse the finished egg burglar would display, but more like a yeggman attacking a safe.

- "Eating in Two or Three Languages", Irvin S. Cobb.
The police said it seemed to be a rather amateurish job, although whoever did it certainly succeeded in neutralizing the alarms.

- "Dead Giveaway", Gordon Randall Garrett.