The phrase "amateur project" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a project undertaken by someone who is not a professional in the field, often for personal interest or learning purposes.
Example: "She decided to start an amateur project to build her own website, learning coding along the way."
Alternatives: "hobby project" or "non-professional project".
One can never tell if an amateur project is useless or not.
Considering Aurion started as an amateur project with artwork bootlegged from other games, it is now an extraordinarily beautiful 2D adventure, combining combat, exploration and role-playing elements.
On a Monday he might receive a cease-and-desist order from an enraged studio demanding copyrighted material not be circulated; Tuesday he could have the collective ear of Hollywood because an amateur project he's touted could potentially make that same studio millions of dollars.
One could write off the whole thing as a scam-an amateur project anyone with an ounce of Photoshop know-how could whip up.
With this many amateur projects taking flight, the F.A.A.'s inspection of home-builts is moderate to minimal, depending on the workload and ability of the local General Aviation District Office.
Q. Name a few amateur projects that have come across your desk and that have intrigued you. A. There's a guy named Roger Baker, and he has a design for a magnetometer that allows you to measure changes in the earth's magnetic fields.
The Archive was built to support ESA's Venus Amateur Observing Project, which utilizes the capabilities of advanced amateur astronomers to collect filtered images of Venus in ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light.
Centered on rows of fabric cut out to resemble stalactites dripping from the ceiling, these hanging sheets unfortunately resembled an amateur crafts project when viewed from up close.
Next, you take the transparency film and use it to expose some thick copper clad photosensitive PCB board that's commonly used in amateur electrical projects.
Alternatively, get involved in the increasingly large number of amateur space projects and put your name to part of a spacecraft (a topic I will be returning to in the coming weeks).
None of my amateur research projects, however, had successfully demonstrated that our programs had measurable effects on school grades or graduation rates.
