iffy

[ if-ee ]

/ ˈɪf i /

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adjective, if·fi·er, if·fi·est.Informal.

full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.

doubtful; questionable: An early decision on this is iffy.

OTHER WORDS FOR iffy

1 doubtful, unsettled, uncertain, speculative.

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Origin of iffy

First recorded in 1915–20; if + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM iffy

if·fi·ness, noun

Words nearby iffy

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How to use iffy in a sentence

Overall, none of this should be taken as a commentary on Gordon the player, or whether the combination of his veteran experience, iffy durability and the three years he has remaining on his contract5 makes sense for Houston’s young core.
Is The Mere Threat Of A Three Enough To Affect A Defense?|Caitlin Cooper|September 24, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
No one is proposing that astronomical, wartime level of taxation, but it is remarkable that the present Lucian vision of an “American Century” is leaning heavily on a bigger line of credit, and even that’s iffy at the moment.
The Senate Gets Ready to Spend A Sum of Money Unseen Since World War II|Philip Elliott|August 12, 2021|Time
WhatsApp is working on a setting that will let users more easily bypass its iffy image compression and send photos and videos in the highest available fidelity.
WhatsApp is adding a ‘best quality’ setting for sending photos and videos|Henry Pickavet|July 9, 2021|TechCrunch
Just an iffy communicator, maybe, if you haven’t said all this out loud.
Carolyn Hax: To summarize, you want to exclude her because she’s disabled?|Carolyn Hax|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

The sheer volume also means that sometimes iffy apps slip through the cracks.
Google removes 3 Android apps for children, with 20M+ downloads between them, over data collection violations|Ingrid Lunden|October 23, 2020|TechCrunch
In truth, the securities were ones that Goldman already owned but which were proving iffy at best.
Too Big to Jail: Confessions of a Goldman Sachs Brat|Michael Daly|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He found it “iffy,” he says, and he started searching for vulnerabilities.
Meet Graham Smith, SnapChat’s 16-Year-Old Nemesis|Nina Strochlic|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His firearm arrests and an iffy Navy record did not prevent him from signing on as a computer technician with The Experts.
Aaron Alexis Was Hearing Voices a Month Before His Rampage|Michael Daly|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But progress turned out to be iffy—USAID was overwhelmed by the scale of the problems and “a shell of its cold war self.”
The End of the Illusion: America Finally Learns Its Limits|Jacob Heilbrunn|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They assume it will be a great investment in 20 or 30 years time, even if it looks iffy today.
Don't Get Too Stressed About the Farm Bubble|Justin Green|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for iffy

iffy

/ (ˈɪfɪ) /

adjective iffier or iffiest

informal uncertain or subject to contingencythis scheme sounds a bit iffy

Word Origin for iffy

C20: from if + -y 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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