an event, situation, etc, having both advantages and disadvantages
mixed blessing in American English
noun
something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features
Word origin
[1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloverleaf, kickback, old school tie, preset, technical foul
Examples of 'mixed blessing' in a sentence
mixed blessing
And silverware can also be a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was always regarded as a mixed blessing when he returned.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
This celebrity status was a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The sandstorm beneath us, he says, is a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A mixed blessing indeed, as these two impressive books deftly illustrate.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
For biographers, that may be a mixed blessing.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Yet, for her, pulchritude has proved a mixed blessing.
Globe and Mail (2003)
It was, as he admitted, a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Modern radio communications proved a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Afamous and beautiful face is a mixed blessing for a serious cause.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But with lines this toxic that's a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But economists say the mass exodus will be a mixed blessing.