unprofessional
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United States
Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.
adjective
- 1
Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.
unprofessional behavior
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.
The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber.
- 2
Lacking a profession.
- 3
Not relating to professional occupation or employment; nonprofessional.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English professional English unprofessional From un- + professional.
noun
- 1
One who is not a professional.
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.
Forms
- plural
- unprofessionals
- comparative
- more unprofessional
- superlative
- most unprofessional
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