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单词 miscellaneousness
释义

miscellaneous

adjective

mis·​cel·​la·​neous ˌmi-sə-ˈlā-nē-əs How to pronounce miscellaneous (audio)
-nyəs
1
: consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
2
a
: having various traits
b
: dealing with or interested in diverse subjects
as a writer I was too miscellaneous George Santayana
miscellaneously adverb
miscellaneousness noun

Synonyms

  • assorted
  • eclectic
  • heterogeneous
  • indiscriminate
  • kitchen-sink
  • magpie
  • mixed
  • motley
  • patchwork
  • piebald
  • promiscuous
  • raggle-taggle
  • ragtag
  • varied
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Example Sentences

The coyotes, in other words, also munched rabbits, woodchucks, meadow mice, deer mice, jumping mice, and freelance miscellaneous booty like frogs and fallen apples and muskrats,  … Edward Hoagland, Harper's, June 2007 The sandhogs' word for a miscellaneous happening in which a sandhog is injured is mishap. Alec Wilkinson, Double Take, Summer 2001 … we came upon what must have been his camp, a rather elaborate shelter made of lashed saplings and covered with plastic sheeting; empty Clorox bottles were scattered around, along with rope, canned goods, and what Huck Finn would have called his traps—the miscellaneous pots, clothing, and whatnot that you lug around through life. Franklin Burroughs, The River Home, 1992 a miscellaneous collection of tools the bottom of the drawer was always a miscellaneous accumulation of odds and ends
Recent Examples on the Web The report separates personal care products into two main categories: one that includes hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products and another for cosmetics, perfume, bath, and nail preparations and implements. Gabi Thorne, Allure, 16 Sep. 2022 The reasons for higher rural inflation in India Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation measures the movement in prices of food and beverage, clothing and footwear, housing, fuel and light, pan, tobacco and toxicants, and miscellaneous. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 14 Sep. 2022 The space under a staircase is notorious for becoming a cavernous collection of miscellaneous objects. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 And some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. Eric Tucker And Michael Balsamo, al, 27 Aug. 2022 Some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 And some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022 And some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. Eric Tucker, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin miscellaneus, from miscellus mixed

First Known Use

1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

miscellaneous

adjective

mis·​cel·​la·​neous ˌmi-sə-ˈlā-nē-əs How to pronounce miscellaneous (audio)
-nyəs
: consisting of many things of different sorts

miscellaneousness

noun

as in diversity
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types the miscellaneousness of the store's merchandise makes it a browser's delight

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • diversity
  • diverseness
  • variety
  • heterogeneousness
  • heterogeneity
  • multiplicity
  • multifariousness
  • assortment
  • variousness
  • manifoldness
  • disparateness
  • disparity
  • distinctiveness
  • distinctness
  • dissimilarity
  • unlikeness
  • otherness
  • distinction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • similarity
  • homogeneity
  • homogeneousness
  • likeness
  • sameness
  • paucity
  • fewness
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