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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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Today, the Trump administration, aided by Elon Musk’s dodgy DOGE operation, is embarking on an anti-New Deal by slashing thousands of federal jobs and shrinking the government to the size of something Grover Norquist could drown in a bathtub.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
The plan is to go clubbing, and right away things start to feel dodgy.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Not quite up to task with my dodgy knee, engaging the power setting saw the Burlington effortlessly pull itself up with little input needed.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The film follows a money collector (Lachman) for a private investigator hired to track down 10 million dollars stolen in a dodgy real estate deal, opening a complex can of worms.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
The plan is to go clubbing, and right away things start to feel dodgy.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Not quite up to task with my dodgy knee, engaging the power setting saw the Burlington effortlessly pull itself up with little input needed.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The film follows a money collector (Lachman) for a private investigator hired to track down 10 million dollars stolen in a dodgy real estate deal, opening a complex can of worms.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dodgy
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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