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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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They are also associated to multiple other dodgy crypto operations involving memecoin launches, most notably the $Melania coin.
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
This is dodgy terrain for a famous person to give context around.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
Gibney even directed an episode of Billions, the Showtime drama about the nexus of Wall Street greed, political interests and dodgy prosecutors.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Disregarding the inevitable dodgy attempts at uncovering some magic way to hack into someone else’s account, the majority are still likely to be genuine requests for help.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
This is dodgy terrain for a famous person to give context around.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
Gibney even directed an episode of Billions, the Showtime drama about the nexus of Wall Street greed, political interests and dodgy prosecutors.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Disregarding the inevitable dodgy attempts at uncovering some magic way to hack into someone else’s account, the majority are still likely to be genuine requests for help.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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 3 May. 2025.
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