jackleg
[adjective]
Synonyms: amateurish, dabbling, dilettante, dilettantish, dilettantist, unaccomplished, unfinished, ungifted, unskilled

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

jack·leg (jăklěg) Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
adj.
► Lacking skill or training; incompetent. Used especially of lawyers or preachers.
► Unscrupulous or dishonest.
► Makeshift; temporary.
n.
► An unskilled or unscrupulous itinerant worker.
► A strikebreaker.

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

jackleg
[Perhaps jack + (black)leg.]

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