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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
Vibrio vulnificus Vibrio are bacteria that live in salt water and brackish water.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
These potentially deadly bacteria are naturally found and thrive in coastal waters during the warmer months, especially in brackish waters, where fresh water meets the sea, according to the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast.
—Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
The reptiles like to dwell near rivers, springs, and brackish marshes.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
These potentially deadly bacteria are naturally found and thrive in coastal waters during the warmer months, especially in brackish waters, where fresh water meets the sea, according to the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast.
—Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
The reptiles like to dwell near rivers, springs, and brackish marshes.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
Adjective
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Among the all-natural brands, the color might seem anathema, even unappetizing.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Star jasmine is moderately salt tolerant but not cold hardy.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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The only edible thing in that Airbnb is salt.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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He is no longer being asked to make unpalatable concessions of land Ukraine has lost thousands in the defense of.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Federal and state budgets are tightening, raising taxes is often unpalatable and philanthropies are stretched.—
Debra Gittler,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Durability tests further demonstrated stable operation over two weeks in highly concentrated saline solutions with 20% salt content, exceeding the salinity of normal seawater, reported Techxplore.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Republicans were determined to use the revenue produced by a cap to pay for marginal rate cuts that Democrats found distasteful.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The artwork — a graphic close-up shot of a tiny American flag bikini on a woman’s pelvic area — was considered so distasteful by some that chain stores like Walmart and Kmart banned it at the time.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Miami could choose to move on from the star receiver due to the horrible season-ending injury.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many of the game’s best teams spent the regular season alternating between brilliant and horrible.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So are tax rebates just mutually beneficial business deals, unsavory kickbacks or legal extortion?—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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So are tax rebates just mutually beneficial business deals, unsavory kickbacks or legal extortion?—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Choose simple, bland foods that are easy to digest, such as bananas and toast.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
20 Sep. 2025
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While the buzz about Borderlands 4 has been mostly positive (aside from serious PC performance issues reported early on), the game’s bland opening feels out of keeping with the franchise, offering a reminder that Borderlands has always been about more than just slick gameplay.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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