Unprofessional

Quick meaning: Unprofessional is an adjective meaning Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.

Meaning

Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.

More Meanings

1. Lacking a profession.
2. Not relating to professional occupation or employment; nonprofessional.
3. One who is not a professional.

Example Sentences

unprofessional behavior

The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber.

The guests, on the other hand, are unprofessionals, the mere receivers of service, the others. Such is the frame of interaction or the role definitions and how these roles are played out in the service encounters.

Pitarch went just days after the coach, Cesare Prandelli. A little before Christmas, Prandelli had held a press conference in which he had declined to answer questions and instead delivered a speech one minute 57 seconds long in which he accused his players of being unprofessional.

Word Forms

• unprofessionals

Synonyms for unprofessional

Depending on context, synonyms include amateur, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish.

Antonyms for unprofessional

Common opposites include professional.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inexpert, unskilled, amateurish, amateur, nonprofessional, untrained.

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