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a mixed bag mixed bagA diverse mixture or group. The conference was a mixed bag of all kinds of different people. I thought that all of my classes this semester would be interesting, but it's really been a mixed bag so far.See also: bag, mixeda mixed bag COMMON If something is a mixed bag, it contains things that are of very different types or qualities. The newspapers carry a mixed bag of stories on their front pages. The programmes are a mixed bag as they have to cater for all tastes. Note: The bag referred to here is a hunting bag containing the different kinds of animals and birds that the hunter has shot. See also: bag, mixeda mixed bag a diverse assortment of things or people.See also: bag, mixeda ˌmixed ˈbag/ˈbunch (informal) a group of people or things of different types or of different abilities: The entries to the competition were a real mixed bag — some excellent, some awful. ♢ This year’s students are rather a mixed bunch.See also: bag, bunch, mixedmixed bag, aA haphazard collection of objects, people, or categories. This phrase dates from the first half of the 1900s. For example, “Representatives of the press, a mixed bag in age, but not in sex” (A. Behrend, Samurai Affair, 1973), indicates journalists of many different ages but all either male or female. See also: mixed |