[noun] [C]In some sports, including boxing, a lightweight is a person whose weight is between featherweight and welterweight.(figurative disapproving) A lightweight is 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.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Meaning of LIGHTWEIGHT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012