Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Evasive; shifty.
- adjective Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
- adjective So risky as to require very deft handling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disposed to dodge; evasive; artful; cunning.
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- adjective
evasive andshifty - adjective
unsound andunreliable - adjective
dishonest - adjective
risky - adjective
deviant - adjective
uncomfortable andweird
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- adjective marked by skill in deception
Etymologies
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Examples
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The committee's operations hit the headlines late last year when MP David Maynier, the Democratic Alliance defence spokesman, went public with what he described as dodgy deals with countries that had poor human rights records.
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Something dodgy is going on here as Lakoffian and Joe Brewer said.
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The Hanlon bodied Ambulances became death traps in dodgy snow/rain/cold snaps.
Chocolate Fireguards (Cars and Email) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is part of a group of investors that sent a letter demanding Bank of America buy back some $47 billion in dodgy mortgages.
Bailout Oversight Panel Slams Obama Administration Over Foreclosure Crisis The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Olive robert Pattison just looks plain dodgy, what a pity!
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is part of a group of investors that sent a letter demanding Bank of America buy back some $47 billion in dodgy mortgages.
Bailout Oversight Panel Slams Obama Administration Over Foreclosure Crisis Shahien Nasiripour 2010
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The suitors trying to court Katherina's sister Bianca are moderately funny, and the Katherina/Petruchio relationship, though generally very dodgy, is almost sweet in the penultimate scene.
September Books 21) In the Land of Israel nwhyte 2008
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This worries me because, whilst I quite understand the need to replace windows from time to time, it looks suspiciously like something dodgy is going on here.
The Langton Messiah Peter Ashley 2008
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The LA Weekly's Ella Taylor might disagree: [W] e live in dodgy critical times when aesthetic sophistication trumps moral and political discrimination.
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The word dodgy doesnt do any of this activity the remotest justice.
gangerh commented on the word dodgy
Norman Vaughan
February 15, 2008
thesaraheffect commented on the word dodgy
Artfully so.
September 19, 2009