miscellaneous
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs/
- She organized her workspace by separating the office supplies from the miscellaneous items that didn't have a designated place.
- miscellaneous items
- miscellaneous category
- miscellaneous essays
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Examples
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Revenue is minimal and is composed principally of sales of miscellaneous publications and grants.
Academic text (1998) -
Their back pockets bulge with notebooks, citation books, and bits of miscellaneous fluff.
Fiction book (1995) -
The presence or absence of a total of 20 individual reasons and a miscellaneous category were recorded.
Academic text (1993) -
We have a bin of miscellaneous alpha cool stuff.
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We need 424 feet... of good rope, plus another 50 feet, say, for miscellaneous.
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There are often other miscellaneous charges on your bill, so weed out the actual surcharges.
Academic text (1998) -
We next include a set of miscellaneous variables, most of which are reflective of socioeconomic status.
Academic text (2008) -
Inside the door, in the dark, one booth was stacked high with miscellaneous gear: sweaters, hats, and gloves.
Fiction book (1992) -
Reimbursement requests, such as for travel and miscellaneous expense reimbursements, require both the employee's and supervisor's signature.
Academic text (1996) -
I have file cabinets full of cases, articles, tomes, and miscellaneous amicus briefs on the topic.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having many different kinds
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1.0
Made of different kinds of things, like roses and lilies
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3.3
Containing many different kinds, not all the same
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3.7
Made of different kinds mixed together
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4.7
Having many different kinds of things
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5.9
Having many different parts or sides
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7.5
Made up of many different people or things that do not fit together
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7.0
A group of different small things
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7.9
Made of different types of people or things, like scientists and artists
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4.1
Having many different parts or qualities
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6.3
Containing different kinds of things
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8.4
Several different kinds of people or things
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9.2
Having many different kinds or parts
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8.1
Having many different parts or types
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9.9
Made of many different, unrelated things
A thing that has different kinds of parts
Antonyms
How Mixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
miscellaneous = miscellany (semi-transparent) = miscellany + ous
The adjective is formally derived by suffixation from 'miscellany' (meaning 'a mixture'), but the noun is somewhat less frequent and the stem is Latin-derived, so the relation may not be fully obvious to average learners.
Etymology
The word miscellaneous comes from the old Latin word miscere, which means 'to mix' and is the same idea as the English word mix. So something miscellaneous is made of many different, mixed things.