mishmash

Also mish·mosh

[mish-mahsh, -mash]

noun

1. a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.

mishmash

/ ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ /

noun

1. a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch

Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash¹

1425–75; late Middle English; gradational formation based on mash ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash¹

C15: reduplication of _mash

Example Sentences

Rebecca Paul says young people have "bad associations" with the last Conservative government which "tried to keep everyone happy and ended up with a mishmash of policies".

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The plot is a lovable mishmash of spy nonsense — Dan Aykroyd does a lot of conspiracy babbling — but “Sneakers” works best if you just let it be the relaxed conversation movie it wants to be.

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In an experimental phase, the interior line has been a mishmash with Zion Johnson and Bradley Bozeman flipping between center and left guard.

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As he saw it, public understanding of depression as a chemical imbalance is vague, a “mishmash of buzzwords,” he wrote, and Moncrieff had used that misperception to attack the validity of antidepressants themselves.

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We need to talk about that “Clueless” scene at the hospital where, to cheer up Molly, Nikki begins a mishmash of performances.

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Related Words

• jumble 
• patchwork