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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 on the Web
Fiat has a dodgy reputation for quality in the United States, but brand boss Olivier Francois points out the 500e has been on sale in Europe since 2020, time to work out the bugs.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
There were no crowds to contend with, no paperwork hassles, no touts offering dodgy cab rides.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
This article is one of those rabbit-hole pieces, leading you down ever-darkening corridors into a murky world of diamond dealers, dodgy politicians, and unethical private investigators.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2024
The London property market offers countless opportunities for someone looking to park a dodgy fortune.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Lemonade vendors infiltrated New York’s thriving street food scene—and some of them were pretty dodgy.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Moreover, if applying expected value thinking to aid is dodgy, applying it to the remote future gets downright supervillainous.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Conditions improved in the second half but remained dodgy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Despite the off-field issues at Castel Volturno, the Napoli Scudetto bus has suffered from dirty fuel lines and a dodgy gearbox, and if Europe’s big spenders have their way over the summer, the engine could be dismantled and the chassis left on blocks too.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
There were no crowds to contend with, no paperwork hassles, no touts offering dodgy cab rides.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
This article is one of those rabbit-hole pieces, leading you down ever-darkening corridors into a murky world of diamond dealers, dodgy politicians, and unethical private investigators.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2024
The London property market offers countless opportunities for someone looking to park a dodgy fortune.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Lemonade vendors infiltrated New York’s thriving street food scene—and some of them were pretty dodgy.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Moreover, if applying expected value thinking to aid is dodgy, applying it to the remote future gets downright supervillainous.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
Conditions improved in the second half but remained dodgy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Despite the off-field issues at Castel Volturno, the Napoli Scudetto bus has suffered from dirty fuel lines and a dodgy gearbox, and if Europe’s big spenders have their way over the summer, the engine could be dismantled and the chassis left on blocks too.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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