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mixed

 
/mɪkst/ adj

Definition

combining positive and negative features: I have mixed emotions/feelings about moving across the country – it’s exciting, but I’ll miss my old friends. Mixed can also mean combining people of different races or religions: The island’s population is of mixed descent.
(Definition of mixed adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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