lightweight

CEFRB2

/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/

adjective · noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.

Extra meanings

A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.

In context

Tom is a lightweight.
"Wait, is this about the other night when you two lightweights totally went on that bender?"
He mentions the "huge engine, lying on its side"—it was in fact a 2-2-2 weighing but 27 tons, something of a lightweight, even for 1868.

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"Wait, is this about the other night when you two lightweights totally went on that bender?"
2005 August 23, Haley Hazelton, Misfile (webcomic), 2005-08-23
He mentions the "huge engine, lying on its side"—it was in fact a 2-2-2 weighing but 27 tons, something of a lightweight, even for 1868.
1958 May 26, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “North Wales and the "Irish Mail"”, in Railway Magazine, page 309
[…] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.
1958 January 26, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15
For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.
2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57
Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.
2023 June 26, Lauren Caruso and Jillian Tracy, “The 22 best sunglasses for summer, according to style experts”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2025

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From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + weight (noun).