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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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The emails were the last straw for the House of Windsor after years of tawdry headlines about Andrew’s dodgy friends and suspicious business deals.
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CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Seider popped early in his career, making Detroit’s roster as a 20-year-old and showing a mix of offensive production, defensive tools that outran some dodgy five-on-five results and a rare-for-its-time mean streak.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The diner, Sweet Emily’s, is on the same dodgy street as Lee’s store, Hoot Owls Books.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Seider popped early in his career, making Detroit’s roster as a 20-year-old and showing a mix of offensive production, defensive tools that outran some dodgy five-on-five results and a rare-for-its-time mean streak.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The diner, Sweet Emily’s, is on the same dodgy street as Lee’s store, Hoot Owls Books.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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