mixed messages/signals
plural noun
: a showing of thoughts or feelings that are very different from each other
I don't know if he likes me; he keeps giving me mixed messages.
She's sending mixed signals about her feelings.
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Rather than clearly redefining its value and future direction, leadership sent mixed messages.
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David Villa, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The mixed messages prompted concern from some medical organizations.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Trump met for the first time in the president’s second term and sent mixed messages over their long-running spat over interest rates.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
Congressional Republicans want Iran‘s nuclear program to be fully dismantled and have pressured the Trump administration to make such demands in response to mixed messages from U.S. officials on the endgame with Tehran.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
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David Villa, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The mixed messages prompted concern from some medical organizations.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Trump met for the first time in the president’s second term and sent mixed messages over their long-running spat over interest rates.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
Congressional Republicans want Iran‘s nuclear program to be fully dismantled and have pressured the Trump administration to make such demands in response to mixed messages from U.S. officials on the endgame with Tehran.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
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“Mixed messages/signals.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20messages%2Fsignals. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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