as in amateur
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training a self-instructed carpenter who does quality work
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Adjective
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Andoni Bello, an LGBTQ+ activist who played for Mexico in amateur soccer tournaments organized by the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association, said the chant is a form of verbal aggression that can escalate into physical aggression.—
Carlos Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Fuqua had been pleased to discover, during the research for his film, that Mandela was an amateur boxer.— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Other artists are lesser known, such as Eunice Pinney, an early 19th-century folk watercolorist who was entirely self-taught, as well as Bernarda Bryson, a printmaker who depicted farmers in New Deal-era art and only gained recognition later in her life.— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
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David MacMartin, a Westview science teacher who taught her honors and Advanced Placement biology, said most of Fan’s skills with the work were self-taught.— Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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Over the past decade, she’s cultivated a reputation for a new kind of defiant, autodidactic pop stardom.— Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Self-instructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/self-instructed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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