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mixed signal en · NOUN
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(in-plural, often) An unclear message, often contradicting a situation.
German firms have signed a 15-year deal to buy 2m tonnes of liquid gas from Qatar, sending out mixed signals over the priority Germany places on human rights in the Gulf and its commitment to a carbon neutral energy supply.
2022 November 29, Patrick Wintour, “Germany agrees 15-year liquid gas supply deal with Qatar”, in The Guardian:Crap, he sent a winky back. That was not good. Mixed signals were a bad way to start any kind of beginning, whether it was love or friendship.
2015, Mara Reitsma, Amethyst Attraction, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 113:
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mixed message