Definition of dodgy
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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
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Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
Recent Examples of dodgy from the Web
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The biggest reveal probably snuck out by accident, as head coach Tyronn Lue slipped up towards the end of the Cavaliers' dodgy 30-minute introductory press conference for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder and Ante Zizic.
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In any case, there is no reliable way to keep people from donating for dodgy reasons, just as there is no way to stop those in need of a donation from soliciting online.
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From the protests around the Iranian elections of 2009 onwards, the role of Facebook and Twitter in political uprisings in dodgy countries had been prominent and celebrated.
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Everyone takes dodgy deductions, so why not just eliminate taxes?
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Forget China’s debt binge, piles of bad loans and billions in dodgy investment products, investors have fallen in love with Chinese banks again.
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Why was Stamets so dodgy and what exactly is this new travel technology?
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The earl became Britain’s answer to Judge Crater, the dodgy American jurist who disappeared in 1930 after leaving a restaurant near Times Square.
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Staying in a hotel in Canary Wharf, a number of key players became violently ill after eating what was identified as dodgy lasagne.
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First Known Use of dodgy
1861
DODGY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of dodgy for English Language Learners
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: false or dishonest
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: causing a lack of trust or confidence
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: in bad condition
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