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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
The reptiles like to dwell near rivers, springs, and brackish marshes.
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The blood-testing organs don’t measure water levels but rather the concentration of salt, whose healthy range lies at almost exactly the same concentration as that of the brackish intertidal water in which vertebrates first evolved (which is about one-third as salty as seawater).
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, a mixture of salt water and fresh water.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Vibrio bacteria thrive in warm seawater and particularly in brackish water—the mix of fresh and salt water found in estuaries and wetlands.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The blood-testing organs don’t measure water levels but rather the concentration of salt, whose healthy range lies at almost exactly the same concentration as that of the brackish intertidal water in which vertebrates first evolved (which is about one-third as salty as seawater).
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, a mixture of salt water and fresh water.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Vibrio bacteria thrive in warm seawater and particularly in brackish water—the mix of fresh and salt water found in estuaries and wetlands.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
Adjective
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Analysts have warned that political polarization and unappetizing electoral options for voters may well yield a fractured vote.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Once again, TikTok has convinced me to try something that seems unappetizing.—
Ashia Aubourg,
Outside Online,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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The only edible thing in that Airbnb is salt.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Federal and state budgets are tightening, raising taxes is often unpalatable and philanthropies are stretched.—
Debra Gittler,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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An array of alternatives exists, each dismissed as unpalatable or impractical.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lovely notes of pear and lemon cream finish with a distinctly saline minerality.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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And less than five years after a pandemic killed more than a million Americans, scientists who study infectious diseases are struggling to pay for saline solution, gloves and blood to feed lab mosquitos.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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Finally at 11-years-old, the once distasteful barrels had finally captured the perfect balance of rich oak and nutty flavors.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The horrible accident — later determined to be caused by pilot error — remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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But then came a horrible deep-ball attempt intended for Stefon Diggs that Isaiah Pola-Mao intercepted.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ensuring that the everyday coat of crumbs, pet hair, and any other unsavory particulate has been removed is essential.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Dodgers immediately fired Mizuhara; investigations were launched by MLB and the IRS; and five days later, Ohtani issued a statement denying any role in a scandal that echoed unsavory chapters of the sport’s past.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The new Spot+Scrub Ai is the complete opposite and comparatively bland, thanks to its all-black exterior.—
Tyler Hayes,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Food made by white people is often associated with and critiqued for being bland and unseasoned.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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