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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
Bacteria emerging from the brackish water of the Ganges River delta are believed to be the origin of six of the seven cholera pandemics that have washed over the globe the past 200 years, killing tens of millions of people, stoking fear and panic, and inspiring novels and movies.
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Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Vulnerable to the brackish, stormy water of the Caspian, parts of the city are crumbling.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Growing problem in West Texas requires complex solution In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface.
—Alejandra Martinez The Texas Tribune, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
Foster moved across a pond of brackish water that reaches from the bottom of his lawn to a sandbar two miles away, beyond which the ocean can be heard but not seen.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Vulnerable to the brackish, stormy water of the Caspian, parts of the city are crumbling.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Growing problem in West Texas requires complex solution In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface.
—Alejandra Martinez The Texas Tribune, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
Foster moved across a pond of brackish water that reaches from the bottom of his lawn to a sandbar two miles away, beyond which the ocean can be heard but not seen.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
Adjective
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That's an unappetizing reality for a mayor whose transportation referendum, which was widely approved by voters, just raised the city's sales tax rate.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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Will the members of that unappetizing quartet turn out to be harbingers of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death?—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Lauren's house was wiped clean of all physical evidence, right down to stray hairs in her drain, which is really salt in the wound.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The only seasonings in this corn casserole are salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.—
Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The price likely would be unpalatable to trade up for the top few LT prospects, but just below that tier looms Oregon’s intriguing Josh Conerly Jr. — who widely is expected to still be on the board when the Chiefs pick at 31.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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The unpalatable truth is that every new gadget has a cost in manufacturing, shipping, operating life, and, eventually, waste.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Trinity tells him that the delay in alerting him was her fault and the saline idea was Mohan’s.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Look for creative ingredient combinations like the Carretera, a blend of mezcal, pineapple Campari, coffee vermouth, and a splash of saline olive juice.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brands like Rivian, Hyundai, Ford, Chevrolet, and even Slate have a unique opportunity to gain market share as more and more American consumers find Tesla distasteful.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The circumstances made Green’s comments all the more distasteful.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Big, wonderful, funny, horrible, strange, sad, great life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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One of our group hunted it on a rainy afternoon — traditionally a horrible time to bag a bird — and killed a 3-year-old tom. —A.M. Don’t Become Overly Reliant on Your Cameras Cameras aren’t magic.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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There’s still a frequent unsavory whiff of exploitation and voyeurism to kidnapping films.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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As an adult, Katt developed a reputation for taking on roles that required him to play unsavory types.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Water that’s too hot will scorch them and make for a bitter brew; water that’s too cold will under-extract the leaves and yield a bland cup.—
Oset Babür-Winter,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2025
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In microgravity, foods tend to taste bland because of fluid shifts in our body and smells no longer wafting up into our nose.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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