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“amateurish”
amateurish (adjective), more amateurish, most amateurish
Descriptive of something that was done unskillfully or unprofessionally: Sally tried baking a cake for the first time and her amateurish venture turned out to be quite flat because she forgot to put in the baking powder!
A new teacher can be one who lacks the skill of producing a competent result of getting her students quiet and at attention, and her amateurish efforts need to be changed into an authoritative direction.
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