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LIGHTWEIGHT

Light "weight `, n. One of less than average weight; specif. : (a ) In boxing, wrestling, etc. , one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 14 pounds ). (b ) A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq. , Chiefly U. S.]

LIGHTWEIGHT

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lightweight

light weight |ˈlītˌwāt ˈlaɪtˌweɪt | ▶noun 1 a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 125 to 132 pounds (57 to 60 kg ). • a boxer or other competitor of this weight. 2 a person or thing that is lightly built or constructed. • a person of little importance or influence, esp. in a particular sphere: he was regarded as a political lightweight. ▶adjective 1 of thin material or build and weighing less than average: a lightweight gray suit. 2 containing little serious matter: the newspaper is lightweight and trivial.

lightweight

light |weight |ˈlʌɪtweɪt | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 57 to 60 kg. • [ count noun ] a lightweight boxer or other competitor. 2 a person or thing that is lightly built or constructed. • informal a person of little importance or influence, especially in a particular sphere: he was regarded as a political lightweight. ▶adjective 1 of thin material or build and weighing less than average: a lightweight grey suit. 2 lacking seriousness, depth, or influence: the film was entertaining, if rather lightweight.

lightweight

lightweight adjective 1 a lightweight jacket: thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial; summery. ANTONYMS heavy, thick. 2 lightweight entertainment: trivial, insubstantial, superficial, shallow, unintellectual, undemanding, frivolous; of little merit /value; informal Mickey Mouse. ANTONYMS profound. ▶noun he's no lightweight: amateur, second-rater, unimportant person, insignificant person, nobody, nonentity, no-name, small fry.

lightweight

lightweight adjective 1 a comfortable lightweight jacket: thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial; summery; feathery, airy, delicate, fine, floaty, gauzy, sheer, gossamer, diaphanous, transparent, translucent, see-through. ANTONYMS heavy, thick. 2 snobs will dismiss the show as lightweight, contrived pap: trivial, insubstantial, trifling, frothy, superficial, shallow, unintellectual, undemanding, frivolous, insignificant; of no account, unimportant, of no consequence, inconsequential, minor, paltry, petty, slight, negligible, immaterial, of no merit, of no value, valueless, worthless. ANTONYMS profound, heavyweight.