Meaning of lightweight In English

• 0 weighing only a little or less than average:

  • I need a lightweight jacket for the summer evenings.

• 1 not showing deep understanding or knowledge of any subject:

  • She's the author of some fairly lightweight historical novels.

• 2 in some sports, including boxing, a person whose weight is between featherweight and welterweight

• 3 a person whose work in a particular area of activity does not show a deep understanding or knowledge of that subject:

  • In certain circles he has been dismissed as a literary lightweight.

• 4 (esp. of clothes) weighing little and therefore not warm:

  • a lightweight jacket

• 5 (of a person) of little importance, or (of ideas) created without serious thought or purpose:

  • The movie was a lightweight comedy.

• 6 a person of little importance, or an idea created without serious thought or purpose:

• 7 weighing only a little or less than average:

  • We shipped thousands of very lightweight cardigans for the spring season.

  • Composites tend to be stronger than steel but more lightweight.

  • lightweight plastics/carbon fibres

• 8 not showing deep understanding, knowledge, or ability:

  • She's the author of some fairly lightweight investing guides.

  • Many in the US regarded him as too lightweight to become the IMF's managing director.

• 9 someone who does not show deep understanding, knowledge, or ability:

  • In certain circles he has been dismissed as an intellectual lightweight.