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
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
For example, summer offers bushes for hiding, while winter’s snow will crunch under your feet, potentially alerting enemies.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 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
Find out how and when to prune holly bushes of all types to keep them looking their best.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
For example, summer offers bushes for hiding, while winter’s snow will crunch under your feet, potentially alerting enemies.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
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The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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But Nicol isn’t wrong to think that the real entertainment is coming from inside the house, where the spry Gita may love nothing more than to be on camera.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Willow and Wolf Ranch in Livermore sits on a hill in the picturesque countryside, but offers easy city access.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Based in the Devon countryside, Mess’s bold botanical murals can be found in Europe from five-story buildings in France, hotel rooftops in Rome, city centre squares in Sweden, and throughout the UK.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Restaurants rated unacceptable must close to fix their issues and require reinspection prior to reopening.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2025
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Plagiarism Policies Plagiarism is unacceptable in academic circles.—
Rowan Briggs,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 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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Take the story of the longest living trapdoor spider, who survived in the Australian outback to the ripe age of 43.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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 Biden administration allowed up to 30,000 people a month from the four countries to come to the United States for two years with eligibility to work.—
Gisela Salomon,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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The program for the four countries is slated to end 30 days after a notice is published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This can manifest in poor financial behaviors like excessive credit card debt, minimal savings, or impulsive investment decisions.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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From the moment the details of the agreement became known, analysts gave the deal a poor prognosis.—
TIME,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Celebrity can be as alluring as royalty to someone who grew up eating gruel in the hinterlands, though such concepts must be imparted somehow.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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