wastey

English

Etymology

From waste +‎ -y.

Adjective

wastey (comparative more wastey, superlative most wastey)

1. (of an animal, or a meat) 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.

   • 2012, Gerald Reed, Enzymes in Food Processing‎^[1]:

     "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."

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

Synonyms

• (too fat): overfinished, wasty
• (getting overripe): swash, swashy
• (drunk): inebriated, soused; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Anagrams

• sweaty