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UNPROFESSIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unprofessional mean? 

UNPROFESSIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective UNPROFESSIONAL has 1 sense:

1. not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a professionplay

  Familiarity information: UNPROFESSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNPROFESSIONAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

Context example:

unprofessional repairs

Similar:

amateur; amateurish; inexpert; unskilled (lacking professional skill or expertise)

Antonym:

professional (characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession)


 Context examples 


Even Sophy's being here, is unprofessional.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But then, said Traddles, our domestic arrangements are, to say the truth, quite unprofessional altogether, my dear Copperfield.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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