mixed message
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[edit]mixed message (plural mixed messages)
- (idiomatic) Any communication that is contradictory, inconsistent, or unclear, especially in its motive or intent.
- Don't you think it's sending a mixed message for the magazine to put "Lose Five Pounds in A Month" right next to "Ten Easy Desserts"?
- 2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Of late, many who are wary of the vaccine say they have become more confused by what they see as mixed messages from federal health agencies and the White House.