Sentence example with the word 'dabbler'

dabbler

abecedarian, criticaster, dilettante, fool, greenhorn, ignoramus, know-nothing, no scholar, philosophaster, puddinghead, smatterer, tyro

Definition n. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

Last update: October 20, 2015


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Franklin as a scientist 5 and as an inventor has been decried by experts as an amateur and a dabbler; but it should be remembered that it was always his hope to retire from public life and devote himself to science.   [Please select]

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As a dabbler in mines he had been out of his element.   [Please select]

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He was the real professional, and I was only the dabbler.   [Please select]

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Rossignol, a man of queer habits and queerer dress, a dabbler in physical science, a devout Catholic, and a constant friend of the Cure.   [Please select]

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I am bound, however, in fairness to call the attention of the unwary dabbler in statistics to a point of grave importance in dealing with German finances.   [Please select]

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