subprofessional

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not meeting the quality standards expected of a professional.

   His subprofessional workmanship led me to decide to never hire him again.

2. noun A person working at less than professional level.

Similar words

unprofessional substandard nonprofessional amateur unprofesh non-professional subpar suboptimal subcollegiate unproficient

Often followed by

personnel and staff training level workers or jobs work assistants

Word family

subprofessionals