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dodgy

adjective (NOT RELIABLE)
 
/ˈdɒdʒ.i/ US  /ˈdɑː.dʒi/ UK informal

Definition

likely to fail or cause problems: The weather might be a bit dodgy at this time of year. I can't come in to work today - I've got a bit of a dodgy stomach. It was a dodgy situation.Dangers and threatsUncertaintyHesitatingAchievable likely to break or cause pain: Careful - that chair's a bit dodgy. Ever since the war I've had this dodgy leg.Fragile and breakablePain and painful
(Definition of dodgy adjective (NOT RELIABLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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