mishmash

[ mish-mahsh, -mash ]

/ ˈmɪʃˌmɑʃ, -ˌmæʃ /

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noun

a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.

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Also mish·mosh

[mish-mosh]. /ˈmɪʃˌmɒʃ/.

Origin of mishmash

1425–75; late Middle English; gradational formation based on mash¹

Words nearby mishmash

Mishawaka, mishear, mishegaas, Mishima, mishit, mishmash, Mishmi, Mishna, Mishnah, Mishnaic Hebrew, mishpocha

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How to use mishmash in a sentence

She writes very beautiful, very eerie novels, often built out of a mishmash of references that come together to create a fragmented portrait of a mind.
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Few manufacturers can use plastic with a random mishmash of properties to make something new.
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These new products are still made from a mishmash of plant proteins, but they look, smell, cook, and taste like the real deal.
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Wanda gains telephathy, telekenesis and a mishmash of other abilities.
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Tuesday Morning stores, they say, tend to be unorganized and overwhelming, with a mishmash of less-than-exciting inventory.
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“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.
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I tried to repair the damage as best I could, but in the end the book was a mishmash of competing ideas with no clear narrative.
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The much-bruited report is always a statistical mishmash, full of seasonal adjustment and subject to revision.
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As a result, insider trading has been loosely defined through a mishmash of confusing verdicts and precedents.
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Her blog, Atlas Shrugs, is a mishmash of her inane views on a wide range of social and political issues.
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I dislike grand opera as a miserable mishmash of styles, compromises, and arrant ugliness.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
He spoke very politely in a mishmash of Servian and Italian.
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British Dictionary definitions for mishmash

mishmash

/ (ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ) /

noun

a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch

Word Origin for mishmash

C15: reduplication of mash

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