iffy

[US]/'ɪfɪ/
[UK]/'ɪfi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. uncertain, questionable, problematic

Example Sentences

a good wine merchant will change the iffy bottles for sound ones.

The weather forecast for tomorrow is iffy.

I'm feeling iffy about this new project.

Her excuse for being late seemed a bit iffy.

The quality of this product is a bit iffy.

I have an iffy feeling about this decision.

The connection to the internet is iffy in this area.

The outcome of the game is still iffy.

I don't want to make an iffy investment.

The future of the company looks iffy.

The success of the project is iffy at this point.

Real-world Examples

Well, the doctor's not100% positive, but it's very, very iffy.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

My vowels are a little bit iffy.

Source: English little tyrant

Better. But your vowels are still a bit iffy.

Source: English little tyrant

Something I learned is that June is always iffy in Seattle.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Lawsuits accusing banks of peddling iffy securities are not rare these days.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

When we first started, my bowling was, um...well, it was iffy.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Anyway, we're on Space Mountain and Ross starts to feel a little iffy.

Source: Friends Season 7

So yeah, making notes, summarizing sort of works probably doesn't... evidence is a bit iffy about it.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

The Danish lender's Estonian branch is suspected of handling up to $230bn of iffy funds from former Soviet states.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

You are straying into iffy territory there.

Source: Radio Laboratory

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