weak sauce

American  

[week saws] / ˈwik ˈsɔs /

Or weaksauce

noun

Slang.

1. something that is weak, inadequate, inferior, etc. (often used attributively): I got a pretty weak sauce response to my complaint.

   His jokes are mostly weak sauce.

   I got a pretty weak sauce response to my complaint.

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Etymology

Origin of weak sauce

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

But let’s face it: compared to Regina George, Bondi was packing some weak sauce.

From Salon

He has also written that Klain’s citation of his model to justify Biden’s continued presence in the race is, quote, “weak sauce.”

From Slate

Even by his low standards of chest-thumping, this lie was weak sauce.

From Salon

“Consideration is weak sauce. We need permit denials. We need reductions in pollution. We need mitigation of hazards. We need a holistic view of appropriate sites.”

From Seattle Times

"I still don’t know what the president said," Mehta said at the Aug. 28 hearing, adding that the evidence in support of Navarro's claims was "pretty weak sauce."

From Reuters