Possible Clues:

• Paltry pay given to heads of Britain's largest enterprises
• Weak, debilitated
• Weak or Fragile
• Weak or ineffective
• Very weak, without strength
• Unconvincing money paid to be bolstered by extra pounds
• Argument about hollow life is unconvincing
• The Spanish grumble about lacking resolve
• Weak insect caught by mischievous child jumping up
• Pathetically weak