unprofessional

unprofessional
adj
1. improper, undignified, unseemly, indecorous, unbefitting; unscholarly, unaca-demic; unfitting, unworthy; unethical, unprincipled, transgressive, unfaithful, dutiless; uncanonical, negligent, neglectful, lax, noncompliant, disobedient.
2. amateurish, unbusinesslike, untrained, untutored, unaccomplished, unschooled, unskilled; inexperienced, unpracticed, unseasoned, unconversant; incompetent, bungling, sloppy, careless, unmeticulous, ungraceful; second-rate, inferior, bush-league, Sl. bush, poor, a poor excuse for, shoddy

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