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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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But the 2021 trend didn’t last long as more than 60% of blank check companies from that year couldn’t complete a merger and had to return money to investors, giving SPACs a dodgy name in the process.
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Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 July 2025
From the searing heat and dodgy pitches, to the major shocks and stars of the future (both in the dugout and on the pitch).
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2025
When the blowback from this problem child’s dodgy associations threatens to wreck her life, the everymatriarch steps in.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
But there is something inherently dodgy about banking, which is why countries build elaborate regulatory regimes to protect deposits.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 July 2025
From the searing heat and dodgy pitches, to the major shocks and stars of the future (both in the dugout and on the pitch).
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2025
When the blowback from this problem child’s dodgy associations threatens to wreck her life, the everymatriarch steps in.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
But there is something inherently dodgy about banking, which is why countries build elaborate regulatory regimes to protect deposits.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dodgy
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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