dodgy

[doj-ee]

adjective

dodgier, dodgiest 

1. inclined to dodge.

2. evasively tricky.

   a dodgy manner of dealing with people.

3. Chiefly British.,  risky; hazardous; chancy.

dodgy

/ ˈdɒdʒɪ /

adjective

1. risky, difficult, or dangerous

2. uncertain or unreliable; tricky

Word History and Origins

Origin of dodgy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; dodge + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The head-scratcher is why Nasdaq ever allowed as many dodgy listings as it did.

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How ever this plays out, he’s not saying anything now, which was obvious when he answered the first question at his media day news conference with dodgy utterances.

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The valuation of the diamonds and the dodgy accounts had been signed off by a real accountant: Rajnikant Patel, who works from a small office on a row of shops in Ilford, east London.

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But his dodgy tactics represent a new moral low — even for Fox News.

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I've clearly got things wrong in the dire moments of tournaments, and I might have made the odd dodgy decision, might have put a bad swing on it.

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Related Words

• evasive 
• shifty