mixed messages/signals

: combining characteristics of more than one kind

: made up of or involving individuals or items of more than one kind: such as

: made up of or involving persons differing in race, national origin, religion, or class

: a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals

: a messenger's mission

: an underlying theme or idea

: to send as a message or by messenger

: to send a message to

: to communicate by message

: sign, indication

: an act, event, or watchword that has been agreed on as the occasion of concerted action

: something that incites to action

: to notify by a signal

: to communicate or indicate by or as if by signals

: to constitute a characteristic feature of (a meaningful linguistic form)

: distinguished from the ordinary : notable