brackish vs lifeless

brackish

adj
  • Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. 

  • Repulsive 

  • Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries. 

lifeless

adj
  • dull or lacking vitality 

  • inanimate; having no life 

  • dead; having lost life 

  • uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life 

How often have the words brackish and lifeless occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )