adjective
always used before a noun :made of different kinds of things mixed together or combined
including or involving people of different races or religions
including or involving people of both sexes
When people are in mixed company, they are with both men and women.
both good and bad, favorable and unfavorable, etc.
When people have mixed emotions or mixed feelings about something, they have both good and bad thoughts or feelings about it.
mixed messages/signals
Someone gives mixed messages or mixed signals by showing a thought or feeling and then showing another very different thought or feeling.
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