Amateur
Amateur noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Outsider and amateur are semantically related in novice topic. In some cases you can use "Outsider" instead a noun "Amateur", when it comes to topics like nonprofessional.
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Police Are Useless: Although Christie's depictions of the police force is usually more positive than the usual examples of the trope, they never seem to be able to solve a case quickly enough without the aid of the amateur sleuths or "outsider".
Source: Creator / Agatha Christie
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Outsider and Amateur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amateur/outsider
Amateur & Outsider. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/amateur/outsider>.
Outsider or Amateur. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/amateur/outsider.
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