Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wastey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wastey
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

too fat, as opposed to meaty

adj

soft as a result of getting overripe

adj

getting drunk close to being wasted

Slang

Example Sentences

"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.""
"Frosted or wastey fruit will be unsalable."

Etymology

From waste + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: waste

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more wastey (comparative) most wastey (superlative)

Synonyms

overfinished wasty swash swashy inebriated soused

Questions

What does wastey mean?: too fat, as opposed to meaty
Where does wastey come from?: From waste + -y.

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