Mishmash

//ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ//

"Mishmash" in a Sentence (9 examples)

Japanese use a lot of sinograms. Many sinograms have a categorizing radical along with a phonetic hint radical, historically for Chinese. Sometimes, Japanese borrow a sinogram and pronounce it with a Japanese native reading, so the original Chinese historicity becomes semi-irrelevant. In a way, Japanese writing is a real mishmash.

The magazine is a jumbled mishmash of jokes, stories, and serious news.

Can he replicate elaborate shapes or does he tend to make a mishmash?

There was a mishmash of furniture, sofas, rugs, and it all looked enviably comfortable.

The dancers' costumes are a mishmash of fashion trends.

What looks beautiful to you may be a confusing mishmash to others.

That get-together is a mishmash of ideas and rumours.

As for Mr. Pynchon’s conjuring of millennial New York, it’s a total mishmash.

He cites 'on-seat charging facilities', which he describes as pregviously^([sic]) being a "mishmash of some having them and not having them".

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