Amateurs
Professional
Professional noun - A person engaged in one of the learned professions.
Amateurs is an antonym for professional.
Both words in one sentence
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The UU team are amateurs so the professional players of A-M United have every advantage.
Source: Unnecessary Roughness - Gillon does not trust the local amateurs to get the job done so for the final fight he brings in a Super Ringer "Hammerhead" Hagan, a professional boxer who has beaten Palmer before.
Source: Bringing in the Expert -
Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.
Source: Strategy Schmategy
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