Unprofessionalness

“[…] if I am questioned, I shall merely say that I designed it myself, with a little assistance from a professional architect, whose intentions were good, but who had never been called upon to live in a house of his own planning. Will that answer?” / "“Perfectly,” replied Mr. Brook; “it will amply account for the—well, we will say the unprofessionalness of the plan.”

Lethaby was enchanted by the gaiety, by the casualness, by the unprofessionalness (in the qualifications, frock-coat sense) of the Rossetti, Morris, Webb, Burne-Jones set.

Psychology has unanimously affirmed that the more practice situations resemble use situations, the better the learning will function in the use situations. Ignoring so fundamental a principle only impedes mastery and attests to slovenly unprofessionalness.