"mixed message" meaning in English

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          "text": "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\"?",
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          "ref": "2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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        "Any communication that is contradictory, inconsistent, or unclear, especially in its motive or intent."
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        "(idiomatic) Any communication that is contradictory, inconsistent, or unclear, especially in its motive or intent."
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