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
Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
These bushes stay green year-round despite getting almost no summer rainfall.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Feb. 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
Orange County Fire Authority firefighters saved a woman and man from the San Juan Creek in San Juan Capistrano, California after receiving reports at 1:42 a.m. that they were trapped in the water, holding onto trees and bushes, the fire department shared in a social media statement.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
These bushes stay green year-round despite getting almost no summer rainfall.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush
Adjective
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This reveals Wrexham have still been creating more than the opposition, suggesting there wasn’t a lot wrong and that an upturn in individual form, as happened at Mansfield with the back three, will bring the necessary results to stay in the promotion hunt.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Putin was dead wrong to presume that Ukraine would crumble in the aftermath of his invasion.—
Ihor N. Stelmach,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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In addition to his retail space, King also operates a 7,000-square-foot factory nestled in the countryside of Florence, Italy, where local skilled artisans use timeless techniques.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Caught amid the changing tides is a young boy named Xu Chuang (Wang Shang), who’s been sent to live with relatives in the countryside while his parents make ends meet elsewhere.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Without any supporting facts alleging, political impropriety, unacceptable public safety threats, national security concerns, and the potential failure of not executing federal immigration initiatives and policies, all of which will have an impact on Adams’ ability to govern NYC.—
Arnold Kriss,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Many of them will likely be seen in Kyiv as unacceptable.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Taking readers on a high-octane journey through the Australian outback, the story centers on Harvey Buck, a former soldier racing against time to reach his dying girlfriend.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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With just a hundred or so residents in an area bigger than the Netherlands, this piece of the Australian outback is something precious in a world swamped by wireless signals: an island of unusual calm, a clear window onto the cosmos.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Nov. 2017
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
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The most powerful country in the world, which was — for good reason — Putin’s biggest nemesis until only two months ago, is now rolling out the red carpet for him, parroting his talking points, chastising and weakening his adversaries, and blaming his victims for his offenses.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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They are often flagged in countries like the Bahamas, Liberia and Panama.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And another research team, using data from 2015 to 2022, observed in an article available in Energy Research and Social Science that poor income distribution correlates with social unrest when fossil fuel subsidies are removed.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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And poor work conditions can hurt morale in any field.—
Jeff Weiner,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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