"wasty" meaning in All languages combined

See wasty on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: wastier [comparative], wastiest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|wastier}} wasty (comparative wastier, superlative wastiest)
  1. Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat.
    Sense id: en-wasty-en-adj-iPYCHj52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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