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• s  showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
  his dilettantish efforts at painting

• He does not talk about whom he might be dating, walk red carpets or volunteer dilettantish political opinions.
• The very notion of masterpiece-making seems dilettantish to the rebels of the sixth form.
• He lectured at Cambridge, edited an influential journal, socialized with his Bloomsbury friends, surrounded himself with artists and writers and led an altogether dilettantish life .

• dilettante
• dilettanteish
• sciolistic

News & Articles

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• What we should learn while watching 'Downton'
  WASHINGTON — Many "Downton Abbey" watchers are nostalgia gluttons who grieved when Lord Grantham lost his fortune in Canadian railroad shares. There are, however, a discerning few whose admirable American sensibilities caused them to rejoice about Grantham's loss: "Now perhaps this amiable but dilettantish toff will get off his duff and get a job." read more
  Feb. 13, 2014 - IlliniHQ.com
• George Will: Lessons from ‘Downton Abbey’
  WASHINGTON — Many “Downton Abbey” watchers are nostalgia gluttons who grieved when Lord Grantham lost his fortune in Canadian railroad shares. There are, however, a discerning few whose admirable American sensibilities caused them to rejoice about Grantham’s loss: “Now perhaps this amiable but dilettantish toff will get off his duff and get a job.”
  Feb. 12, 2014 - Beloit Daily News