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as in unappetizing
disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste
the office coffee is often some brackish brew that's been sitting around for a couple of hours
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Recent Examples of brackish
Blood and tissue samples turned up positive for Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm, brackish waters.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
The high sodium concentrate, combined with elevated calcium, magnesium and potassium, creates a near-brackish water condition that’s from 10 to 20 times saltier than normal surface water, according to Mazloum’s report.
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Arcelia Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Apr. 2026
Surrounded by both riverine and marine waters, the island supports an extensive internal river network and predominantly brackish water systems — a mixing zone where freshwater meets salt water.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
Its predominantly brackish water systems — a blend of fresh and saltwater — create conditions that support high biodiversity and diverse aquatic ecosystems.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brackish
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
The high sodium concentrate, combined with elevated calcium, magnesium and potassium, creates a near-brackish water condition that’s from 10 to 20 times saltier than normal surface water, according to Mazloum’s report.
—
Arcelia Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Apr. 2026
Surrounded by both riverine and marine waters, the island supports an extensive internal river network and predominantly brackish water systems — a mixing zone where freshwater meets salt water.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
Its predominantly brackish water systems — a blend of fresh and saltwater — create conditions that support high biodiversity and diverse aquatic ecosystems.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brackish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
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All those unappetizing items go in your brown yard waste cart, not the black trash cart or the blue recycle cart.
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Hook explains that for natural rind cheese, the impacts of plastic are just as unappetizing.
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Why Baking Soda Works on Weeds The reason baking soda is effective in killing weeds is that one of its major ingredients is salt.
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Star jasmine is moderately salt tolerant but not cold hardy.
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To be sure, raising the payroll tax might be politically unpalatable for lawmakers, who would almost certainly face pushback from businesses and employees, experts note.
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Planing peppermint plants, garlic, and bright florals like daffodils and marigolds are options to keep squirrels away from their bright colors and unpalatable taste and odor.
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Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the region's only white DOCG, has now mostly shaken its reputation for blandness and its best growers are making fresh, saline expressions with shimmering delicacy.
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Otherworldly in many ways, Mono Lake is an ancient saline lake on California’s eastern edge.
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South Florida beaches have been inundated by waves of sargassum in recent weeks — while visually distasteful to some, the seaweed is not usually harmful to humans, and occupies a critical niche in marine ecosystems.
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Even comedian Shane Gillis, who's been in hot water for his own distasteful jokes, wasn't a fan of Hokit's words.
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Daemon dispatches some unsavory, not overly bright fellows to break into the castle at King's Landing to kill Aemond.
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Artificial intelligence tools have remarkably broad knowledge about the world, but some of it is unsavory or dangerous.
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The Red Sox offense has been horrible this season, but Contreras has been everything the club could have hoped for.
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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We’re used to nasty, hateful, and sometimes violent things being said about us and even about our family.
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Tarik Skubal was nasty against the Yankees.
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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