dilettante

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪləˈtænti/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪləˈtænti/
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adjective
R

Not serious about a study or job and lacking deep knowledge in it.

He approached the guitar lessons in a dilettante way, more for fun than for learning.

noun
R

Someone who does an activity or studies a subject without serious intentions and without deep knowledge.

She's a dilettante in painting, only doing it on weekends for her own amusement.

translation

adj. Not serious about a study or job and lacking deep knowledge in it.
n. Someone who does an activity or studies a subject without serious intentions and without deep knowledge.

Word Forms

Plural dilettantes