Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not included within the ordinary limits of professional interest or duty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
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- adjective Foreign to a
profession ; not within the ordinary limits of professionalduty orbusiness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I expend my extraprofessional creative energies writing science fiction and fantasy pieces, which are admittedly unlikely to make the NYT bestseller list but are nevertheless personally satisfying to write and generally well-received among the limited audience with which I share them.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Why Big Firms Don’t Blog Well” 2009
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Adultery is now called "extramarital sex," implying an additional experience, like an extraprofessional activity.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows Afryea 2010
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Ireland, if you can understamp that, and my next item’s platform it’s how I’ll try and collect my extraprofessional postages owing to me by Thaddeus Kellyesque Squire, dr, for nondesirable printed matter.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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