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.
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Find out how and when to prune holly bushes of all types to keep them looking their best.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush
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In the case of the Ruscha photographs, computer vision was simply wrong.—
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It’s been more than two years since a fiery derailment in rural Ohio made Norfolk Southern and the village of East Palestine household names for all the wrong reasons.—
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Willow and Wolf Ranch in Livermore sits on a hill in the picturesque countryside, but offers easy city access.—
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France France is famous for its fine dining, world-class museums and beautiful beaches and countryside.—
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Restaurants rated unacceptable must close to fix their issues and require reinspection prior to reopening.—
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Plagiarism Policies Plagiarism is unacceptable in academic circles.—
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Finding escaped marsupials in the vast Australian outback may sound much harder than finding a needle in a haystack.—
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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.—
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
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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.—
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The bigger impact is likely to be from consumers in other countries who decide not to buy American goods as a protest against U.S. tariff policy.—
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Both cases have made the coastal labels a competitive spot for country talent.—
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This can manifest in poor financial behaviors like excessive credit card debt, minimal savings, or impulsive investment decisions.—
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After a strong opening period that took the fans at Bridgestone Arena out of the game, the Leafs allowed the Predators to get back in it with a poor middle frame.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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