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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
Cypress trees with pleated skirt-like roots grow deep into the brackish water of the bayous that make up the preserve, home to alligators, snakes, birds, and fish.
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Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
Dark long-body snake eels live in brackish water where the Mekong River meets the South China Sea.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
After heavy rain and flooding, the concentration of this bacteria can rise, especially in brackish (salty) water.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The brackish waters are ideal for bald cypress trees that serve as habitat for countless birds and an array of amphibians, reptiles and mammals.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
Dark long-body snake eels live in brackish water where the Mekong River meets the South China Sea.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
After heavy rain and flooding, the concentration of this bacteria can rise, especially in brackish (salty) water.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The brackish waters are ideal for bald cypress trees that serve as habitat for countless birds and an array of amphibians, reptiles and mammals.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackish
Adjective
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Think eggs to order but fiction, served on the same plate as the most unappetizing breakfast imaginable.—
Elisabeth Egan,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Even if Cameron is fortunate enough to avert further unrest, the menu for the remainder of his term remains an unappetizing mix of austerity and vague appeals for moral renewal.—
Jonathan Hopkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2011
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 Senate bill’s lack of that sheltering language as well as the prospect of oversight by the Treasury Department may make this version of federal vouchers unpalatable for voucher fans.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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At the end of the last season, after getting the New York elite to bend the knee and support her preferred opera company, Bertha set her sights on fixing up her daughter with an unpalatable British duke for the sake of his title.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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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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As Kelli storms off, Brit yells the distasteful comment about Kelli’s abortions, following it up by calling her a hobbit, and the rest of the women reflexively gasp, knowing how low of a blow such a statement is.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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Unfortunately, Canadians found the carbon pricing system confusing and distasteful.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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To be able to say that so many writers have been meaningful to you is not a horrible thing.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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If Flagg develops into the human triple double who leads the team to the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals in his first six years, the trade can be called not a horrible deal.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The beautiful game has all too often been marred by unsavory incidents of bigotry.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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What follows is an unexpected morality play surrounding not only the complications of bringing Rajesh’s actions to light, but also Maitri’s unsavory methods that sparked this violent eruption, which rest on her bringing harm to another, equally vulnerable woman.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Listen to one after another, though, and the bland muddiness exposes them as a machine creation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Recent coverage on Forbes warns that overuse of AI in newsrooms could lead to bland, unoriginal content that erodes trust.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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