LekhoriLekhoriLacking 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."
Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.
Had a run-in on the bus with some weak sauces.
PIE word *séh₂ls From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives).
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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.
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."