as in wrong
falling short of a standard
a hopelessly bush effort at creating a romantic comedy
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as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
a guide who specializes in taking adventurous tourists through the bush
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Recent Examples of bush
Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2022
Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
The animal could flee into a bush or pond and suffer a slow death.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The handy device is designed with a tri-bush system, complete with side brushes, channel brushes, and a multi-surface brushroll that work in tandem to pick up all the dirt, hair, and dander scattered around the house.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2022
Noun
At one point, Meghan takes Waters into what may or may not be her own garden to pick some lettuce, and encourages the chef to hug one of her rosemary bushes.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
The animal could flee into a bush or pond and suffer a slow death.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush
Adjective
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However, the new price on the OnePlus store is about 50 percent higher, putting OnePlus on the wrong side of devices like the Pixel Watch and Apple Watch.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Five justices said the lawsuit was brought in the wrong venue.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Texas Department of Transportation is spending $540 million to widen and revamp stretches of I-20 and I-30 linking Fort Worth and Weatherford — a yearslong project that promises eased traffic, if not the preservation of remaining countryside.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
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The surrounding area is great for biking, hiking, and anyone else who needs a dose of medicine in the form of expansive countryside.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Defense stocks were once considered socially unacceptable investments, but fund managers are slowly changing tack as the sector has rallied in recent years.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Forcing Americans and small independent American companies to rely on those same tools is an unacceptable outcome of domestic legislation.—
Emma Woollacott,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Finding escaped marsupials in the vast Australian outback may sound much harder than finding a needle in a haystack.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Specifically, scientists mentioned the Sturt Stony Desert, an outback desert in South Australia, as a potential place to look.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
Noun
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The immense scale of the disaster has piled a fresh crisis on the impoverished Southeast Asian country, where almost 20 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance after four years of civil war.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Friday's losses come on the heels of Thursday's nosedive after Trump announced late Wednesday sweeping 10% tariffs on all countries, effective April 5, and even higher reciprocal tariffs on a list of other countries.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the massive, albeit picturesque, gullies were made because of poor farming practices during the 1800s.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Heat continues to rotate through different starting groups because of injuries and poor play, using six different starting lineups in the last six games and 11 different starting lineups in the last 13 games.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To anyone who has toured wineries in Tuscany, the setting rings of the Italian hinterland.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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