lightweight

lightweight
[[t]la͟ɪtweɪt[/t]]
lightweights
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is lightweight weighs less than most other things of the same type.

...lightweight denim...

The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.

2) N-UNCOUNT: usu N n Lightweight is a category in some sports, such as boxing, judo, or rowing, based on the weight of the athlete.

By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland...

He changed from lightweight (under 71kg) to light middleweight (under 78kg).

N-COUNT
A lightweight is a person who is in the lightweight category in a particular sport.
3) N-COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a lightweight, you are critical of them because you think that they are not very important or skilful in a particular area of activity.

Hill considered Sam a lightweight, a real amateur.

Ant:
ADJ-GRADED
Lightweight is also an adjective.

Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • lightweight — also light weight, 1773 in horse racing, also in pugilism; from LIGHT (Cf. light) (adj.1) + WEIGHT (Cf. weight). Figurative sense of inconsequential first attested 1809 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • LightWeight — Infobox Company company name = LightWeight Co., Ltd. company company type = Private foundation = November 22, 1995 location = Setagaya, Tokyo key people = Akira Nagai (chairman) Hideo Ooishi (director) industry = Computer and video game industry… …   Wikipedia

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