consisting of different qualities or elements:a mixed dietbeaches with mixed sand and shingle
(of an assessment of, reaction to, or feeling about something) containing a mixture of both favourable and negative elements:the film opened last Friday to mixed reviewsI had mixed feelings about seeing Laura again
composed of different varieties of the same thing:crab on a bed of mixed salad
(especially of an educational establishment or a sports team or competition) of or for members of both sexes:the college’s mixed hockey team
involving or showing a mixture of races or social classes:people of mixed race