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weaksauce

Syllables: weak·sauceUK/ˈwiːksɔːs/US/ˈwikˌsɔs/

weaksauce adjective: lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.

Adjective

weaksauce (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively, informal) Lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.
    • Some California students provided us with a taste of slang words that are now catching on, although, thanks to MTV, you have already heard some of them. […] Good events or things are "dope." Bad events are "weak sauce." "Right on" is "that's sweet." "That's awesome" is "that's the bomb."[1993 February 12, Jeff Schnaufer, “New Trends Imitate ’70’s Style”, in Andrew McRoberts, editor, The Crusader, volume 34, number 14, Selinsgrove, Pa.: Susquehanna University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3...
    • Blazing at a very healthy 30 frames per second with NO clipping, NO slowdown, and NO loss of graphic quality, this one made Eggo run to the nearest restroom after his ‘weak sauce’ stomach gave out.1998 June, “Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. [review]”, in Jay Puryear, editor, GameFan: The Last True Enthusiast Magazine, volume 6, number 6, Santa Monica, Calif.: Metropolis Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44

Noun

weaksauce (countable and uncountable, plural weaksauces)

  1. (countable, figuratively, informal) Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.
    • Had a run-in on the bus with some weak sauces.2015, Samantha Marks, “The Birthday”, in A Fatal Family Secret (Morphosis.me Files; 1), [S.l.]: Samantha Marks, →ISBN, page 26
    Synonyms:
    lacklustre
  2. (figuratively, informal) The quality or state of lacking in interest or substance; boringness, disappointment.
    • […] New England Asters. Not the pale domesticates of the perennial border, the weak sauce of lavender or sky blue, but full-on royal purple that would make a violet shrink.2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Planting Sweetgrass”, in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 40
  3. (figuratively, informal) Synonym of weak tea (“weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals”).
    • But when I turned pro, I knew I needed a really badass name, 'cuz it intimidates n00bs, who will disconnect just when they see me show up. And I'm like, "Bye—take that weaksauce home."2006 September, Jeff Green, quoting D3thf4art [pseudonym; Stanley Lipschitz], “Interview with a Pro Gamer”, in Jeff Green, editor, Computer Gaming World, number 266, Boulder, Colo.: Ziff Davis Media...
    Synonyms:
    weak tea

Examples of weaksauce in a sentence

  • Or are ya getting tired of that weaksauce boarder of yours?1999 March, “Hocus Pocus [X Games Pro Boarder PS: Thrashing Ollie B, All Circuits, and Mondo!]”, in Eric Mylonas, editor, GameFan: The Last...
  • She gave Julius a punch to his arm and headed back toward the fair, leaving Julius and me in yet another showdown, super-stick versus weaksauce-sword.2007, Matthew Reis, chapter 28, in Kid with a Rocket Launcher: The Bluffside Summer Solstice County Fair […], [Morrisville, N.C.]...
  • 'I'm not scared, I'm just not stupid.' Can't we just, like, dye our hair purple or—' […] Even to Julia it sounds weaksauce.2014, Tana French, The Secret Place, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 149:

Synonyms of weaksauce

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Forms of weaksauce

Adjective
alternative formweak sauce
Noun
pluralweaksauces

Origin of weaksauce

PIE word *sḗh₂l From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives).

Questions about weaksauce

What does weaksauce mean?
Weaksauce means lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.
How do you use weaksauce in a sentence?
Or are ya getting tired of that weaksauce boarder of yours?
What part of speech is weaksauce?
Weaksauce can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce weaksauce?
Weaksauce is pronounced /ˈwiːksɔːs/ (UK).

Words near weaksauce in the dictionary

  1. weakness
  2. weaknesse
  3. weaknesses
  4. weakon
  5. weakons
  6. weaksauce
  7. weaksauces
  8. weakside
  9. weaksome
  10. weakwilled
  11. weaky

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