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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 bacteria can also infect people who are exposed to seawater or brackish water, via a wound or break in their skin.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Anglers can throw out a line in either the lake or the Gulf; both freshwater and saltwater fish are found in the lake’s brackish water.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
If your open wounds and cuts could come in contact with salt water, brackish water or raw or undercooked seafood, cover them with a waterproof bandage.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 July 2025
The bacteria is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 21 July 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Anglers can throw out a line in either the lake or the Gulf; both freshwater and saltwater fish are found in the lake’s brackish water.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
If your open wounds and cuts could come in contact with salt water, brackish water or raw or undercooked seafood, cover them with a waterproof bandage.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 July 2025
The bacteria is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 21 July 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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How to Get More Walnuts Into Your Diet If eating a handful of raw walnuts is unappetizing, there are countless ways to add walnuts to your diet—from topping salads and oatmeal, blending them in a smoothie, or sprinkling a bit of garlic and roasting them for a healthy snack, said Zumpano.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
7 May 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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Imagine that someone is considered politically unpalatable in their country.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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SpaceX's capsules are the only US vehicles certified to fly to space with NASA astronauts, and any more US government payments to Russia to launch Americans on Soyuz missions would be politically unpalatable.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 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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The open pursuit of money would have been distasteful to her.—
Jane Ciabattari
August 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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After that kind of a loss, asking if the camp should have been better prepared might feel distasteful.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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The stories have overflowed with a horrible, glorious narrative abundance.—
Lyz Lenz,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Going too far on wanting to rein this in is disconcerting and adverse, perhaps spurring an unintentional, unsavory consequence.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In these soap opera-style clips, the critters might be getting drunk, doing drugs, committing violence or doing other unsavory things.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Without their voice in sales, clients can feel disconnected from the brand’s deeper purpose, messaging risks becoming bland or robotic and trust can erode if communication lacks emotion or nuance.—
Doaa K. Darwish,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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For anyone who feels healthful food is bland or boring, Santavicca encourages them to come and try their food.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Brackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackish. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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