# wasty

**Pronunciation:** WASTY

**CEFR level:** A2

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Wasty means resembling a waste or wasteland; desert; (by extension) deserted, desolate.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as wasty.
- A wasty tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became wasty after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- wasty + noun — Use wasty before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a wasty reaction.
- become wasty — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became wasty near the end.

## Collocations

- wasty behavior — The teacher calmly handled the wasty behavior.
- wasty tone — The email had an wasty tone.

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