as in amateur
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training
a self-instructed carpenter who does quality work
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The award is handed out to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation.
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Now in its eighteenth year, the international competition celebrates the skill and imagination of amateur and professional astrophotographers from across the world.
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Ghasemipour is self-taught, which is why his pizza craft is so obsessive.
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Many of the teachers had no formal training, and some of them were local Black people who were self-taught.
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His autodidactic impulses may lead him to the history of clock towers or to the interplanetary rarity of wood.
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“Self-instructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-instructed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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