| These are illustrations of how dilettantish much of what passes for environmental protest truly is. |
| He confounded those who thought he was too dilettantish and self-effacing to be a proper president. |
| Most war movies come off as voyeuristic or dilettantish, but there are three that come to mind which don't seem altogether frivolous. |
| It's not that easy to change when you've been functioning in such a purely casual and dilettantish way for so many years. |
| Evelyns suggestions were unpractical and dilettantish, and Pepyss ramblings not over wise. |
| His dilettantish manner was gone for good, as was also his foppish beard. |
