wastey

English

Etymology

waste + -y

Adjective

wastey (comparative more wastey, superlative most wastey)

  1. (of an animal, or a meat) too fat, as opposed to meaty
    • 2012, Gerald Reed, Enzymes in Food Processing
      "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."
    Protein brought out more of the muscling and red meat before the cattle got too wastey with too much fat.
  2. (of a fruit or a vegetable) soft as a result of getting overripe
    Frosted or wastey fruit will be unsalable.
  3. (slang) getting drunk close to being wasted

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