mixed bag
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any bag containing a mixture of something.
noun
A group of entities with few characteristics in common.
noun
Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.
Example Sentences
- "a mixed bag of nuts"
- "The people I met at the support group were a mixed bag: some were grouchy pessimists, and others were cheery do-gooders."
- "Owning a car is a mixed bag. It is convenient, but also costly."
- "It was Villa, however, who posted the next moment of danger with another long-range effort from Young, forcing Hart - who had been a mixed bag throughout - to dive low to his right to save as Houllier's side continued to perform in a most encouraging fashion"
- "At the same time, it did not alleviate teenagers’ social anxiety and young users did not share more photos, as the company thought they might, leading to a mixed bag of results."