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dabbler

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Bought a dabbler pack on launch a few weeks ago.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

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noun

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

noun

any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dabbler.

noun

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

See also: dilettante, sciolist

noun

any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

Example sentences

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Bought a dabbler pack on launch a few weeks ago.

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It's because the only thing that can tell a polymath from a dabbler is time.

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I'm only a recent dabbler in OCaml, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

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Web development - go from dabbler to very competent2.

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As a dabbler in robotics I've converted toys into robots but not actual living bugs.

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I'm only a dabbler with OpenStack, but fairly experienced with Gluster and its warts.

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I am only a dabbler in cryptocurrencies, but let me attempt to compare/contrast this with Bitcoin.

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* I'm really just a dabbler / don't have a formal bioinformatics background.

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As a speaker of both English and German, and a dabbler in the other Romantic languages, I find German impossible to learn.

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If you want to reach all they way down to the weekend dabbler, you really need to choose one of those 2, and of those 2, php seems more immediately accessible.

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S3 and Cloudfront are targeted at the dabbler, who will likely only be serving a GB or two per month, in which case S3 and Cloudfront would be pennies with no long term commitment.

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But my background is in life sciences, and I've been increasingly feeling like checking out every "cool" technology for the consumption value is a great way to end up a dabbler.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dabbler in a sentence?

Bought a dabbler pack on launch a few weeks ago.

What does dabbler mean?

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

What part of speech is dabbler?

dabbler is commonly used as noun.