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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
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Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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Browsers like Google Chrome and Apple's Safari come with a whole host of security protections to identify dodgy websites, protect you from nasty downloads, and block bad code from running in your browser.
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David Nield, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2024
This makes dodgy unlicensed Lightning cables all the more problematic.
—Andrew Williams, WIRED, 16 Sep. 2020
Disregarding the inevitable dodgy attempts at uncovering some magic way to hack into someone else’s account, the majority are still likely to be genuine requests for help.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
There are all these dodgy TV shows and terrible films, but no one has really looked at it.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
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David Nield, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2024
This makes dodgy unlicensed Lightning cables all the more problematic.
—Andrew Williams, WIRED, 16 Sep. 2020
Disregarding the inevitable dodgy attempts at uncovering some magic way to hack into someone else’s account, the majority are still likely to be genuine requests for help.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
There are all these dodgy TV shows and terrible films, but no one has really looked at it.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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