mixed messages/signals

:  combining characteristics of more than one kind

:  combining features of two or more systems of government

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

:  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