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noun

something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.

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Origin of mixed blessing

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby mixed blessing

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How to use mixed blessing in a sentence

For the residents of Colonia Nueva Esperanza, in the meantime, the new warehouse is a mixed blessing where only time will tell if it’s actually helping one of Tijuana’s most impoverished areas and the workers inside, or the company’s bottomline.
Life In the Shadow of a New Amazon Warehouse|Carlos A. Moreno|September 23, 2021|Voice of San Diego
He continues to shoulder the mixed blessing of becoming a late-in-life action hero, making it look like no work at all.
The Ice Road Is an Overly Twisty Action Adventure That Has Its Charms, Chief Among Them Liam Neeson|Stephanie Zacharek|June 25, 2021|Time
Pop culture may be a crucial tool in effecting change, but for oppressed groups and their respective liberation movements, mainstream representation is often a mixed blessing.
FX's Pride Nails the Difficult Task of Condensing 60 Years of LGBTQ Activism Into One Compelling Docuseries|Judy Berman|May 14, 2021|Time
The 15% Pledge is a mixed blessing, Lizzo covers Vogue, and we get a refresher on allyship.
‘You can’t self-proclaim it:’ How to be an action-driven ally|Claire Zillman, reporter|September 25, 2020|Fortune

The identity of the Taliban leader reportedly killed in the drone strike—Wali-ur Rehman—is another mixed blessing.
Pakistan’s Drone Dilemma|Jahanzeb Aslam|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not every Palin-powered primary candidate won, and her backing may be a mixed blessing in a general election.
Who Built the GOP Comeback?|Howard Kurtz|October 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Of course, the support of a governor with a job approval rating south of 30 percent is, at best, a mixed blessing.
Arnold's Third Term|Joe Mathews|March 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was often a very mixed blessing when you were out sailing with him.
Remembering William F. Buckley, a Year Later|Christopher Buckley|February 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Vanessa began to arrive at the conclusion that a husband who added a roving disposition to a settled income was a mixed blessing.
Reginald in Russia|Saki
I knew that association with you people would prove to be a mixed blessing.
To Choke an Ocean|Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
That he and his brother had originally elected to come into this system along its orbital plane had been a mixed blessing.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett
If the furniture factory was a mixed blessing, what of the cannery?
John Wesley, Jr.|Dan B. Brummitt

British Dictionary definitions for mixed blessing

mixed blessing

noun

an event, situation, etc, having both advantages and disadvantages

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mixed blessing

Something that has both good and bad features, as in Being accepted by the college was a mixed blessing, since she couldn't afford the tuition. [First half of 1900s]

mixed blessing

Origin of mixed blessing

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