iffy

  • 11iffy — adjective informal full of uncertainty: The whole plan is beginning to look pretty iffy. | I m a bit iffy about having a party here …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12iffy — adjective, informal 1) an iffy neighborhood Syn: dubious, doubtful, questionable, shaky; substandard, second rate, inferior; sketchy 2) the date was a bit iffy Syn: uncertain …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 13iffy — [ˈɪfi] adj spoken 1) not very good Syn: dodgy That engine sounds a bit iffy to me.[/ex] 2) not certain Syn: doubtful It s still iffy whether she ll be able to come to the party.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 14iffy — [“ifi] mod. marginally uncertain. □ hings are still sort of iffy, but we’ll know for sure in a few days. □ It’s sort of an iffy matter, but things will get straightened out …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 15iffy — adjective Etymology: 1if Date: 1937 1. having many uncertain or unknown qualities or conditions < an iffy proposition > 2. of inconsistent or unreliable quality • iffiness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16iffy — adj a. questionable, doubtful or suspicious. In the 1960s this was a slang term heard predominantly in London working class usage. It enjoyed a vogue among the fashionable in the late 1970s, by which time it was also widespread in the USA. The&#8230; …

    Contemporary slang

  • 17iffy — if•fy [[t]ˈɪf i[/t]] adj. fi•er, fi•est full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation[/ex] • Etymology: 1915–20; if+ y if′fi•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18Iffy Onuora — Football player infobox2 playername = Iffy Onuora fullname = Ifem Onuora height = height|ft=6|in=2 dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|7|28 cityofbirth = Glasgow countryofbirth = Scotland currentclub = Lincoln City (assistant manager)&#8230; …

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  • 19iffy — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adventitious, aleatory, arguable, at issue, capricious, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, confutable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, destinal,&#8230; …

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  • 20Iffy — 1. risky; 2. suspect; 3. unsure; undecided …

    Dictionary of Australian slang