iffy
[if-ee]
- full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.
- doubtful; questionable: An early decision on this is iffy.
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capricious, chancy, conditional, dicey, doubtful, erratic, incalculable, problematic, undecided, unpredictable, unsettled, whimsical, fluctuantExamples from the Web for iffy
Contemporary Examples of iffy
He found it “iffy,” he says, and he started searching for vulnerabilities.
His firearm arrests and an iffy Navy record did not prevent him from signing on as a computer technician with The Experts.
But progress turned out to be iffy—USAID was overwhelmed by the scale of the problems and “a shell of its cold war self.”
To supplement reader engagement (and to bypass The Daily Beast's iffy comments section) I'll be moderating a live chat.
Despite the sell-out crowd of 7,400, the mood was iffy from the get-go.
iffy
- informal uncertain or subject to contingencythis scheme sounds a bit iffy
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Word Origin for iffy
C20: from if + -y 1
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