"mixed picture" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-mixed picture.ogg [Australia] Forms: mixed pictures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mixed picture (plural mixed pictures)
  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which both negatives and positives are found. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-mixed_picture-en-noun-bTbwPN6e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mixed picture meaning in English (1.4kB)

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