We cannot really afford to continue in this amateurish way.
There is a cut which (conveniently?) obscures the precise location of the hotel, whilst adding to the authenticity of the 'home video' effect by being amateurish.
True, the quality does not always match the quantity; you can easily find articles that are thin or amateurish or that contain significant omissions and errors.
By the 1960s, the for-the-record aesthetic was the taken-for-granted standard of professional performance and audience expectation; anything other than that sounded distinctly amateurish, home-made, of lower quality.
I think that some works for tape and acoustic instrument sound amateurish, partly because of this lack of fundamental musicianship: to be in tune.
My computer system must sound 'as if' it has high-level musicianship, so that my performance does not come across as sounding amateurish.
Discretion implies that trustees have considerable expertise, whereas the reality is, at best, a world characterized by trustee competence and, at worst, amateurish confusion.
Instead of the amateurish approach of the voluntary organisations, services were now demanded which built upon professional knowledge and expertise.
