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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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Got Wolves playing some good football after a few dodgy years.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Thanks to public pressure about Apple’s dodgy repair practices, and the uncertain future of Trump’s trade tariffs impacting iPhone 17 prices, the iPhone 16 has suddenly, and unintentionally, become one of the most valuable iPhones in years.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
They are also associated to multiple other dodgy crypto operations involving memecoin launches, most notably the $Melania coin.
—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
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Thanks to public pressure about Apple’s dodgy repair practices, and the uncertain future of Trump’s trade tariffs impacting iPhone 17 prices, the iPhone 16 has suddenly, and unintentionally, become one of the most valuable iPhones in years.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
They are also associated to multiple other dodgy crypto operations involving memecoin launches, most notably the $Melania coin.
—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
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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