weaksauces

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

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