wastey
wastey adjective: too fat, as opposed to meaty.
Adjective
wastey (comparative more wastey, superlative most wastey)
- too fat, as opposed to meaty
- Protein brought out more of the muscling and red meat before the cattle got too wastey with too much fat.
- "As a result, much of the beef that was consumed in the past was "wastey," requiring extensive trimming of the fat in order to provide suitable cuts for the retail and restaurant trade."2012, Gerald Reed, Enzymes in Food Processing
- Synonyms:
- overfinished, wasty
- soft as a result of getting overripe
- Frosted or wastey fruit will be unsalable.
- getting drunk close to being wasted
- Synonyms:
- inebriated
Synonyms of wastey
Forms of wastey
| comparative | more wastey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wastey |
Origin of wastey
From waste + -y.
Questions about wastey
- What does wastey mean?
- Wastey means too fat, as opposed to meaty.
- What part of speech is wastey?
- Wastey is an adjective.
Words near wastey in the dictionary
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