as in unreliable
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Recent Examples of dicey
Consulting firms face an even dicier future, as the Bain and Mintz raids underscore.
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the more far-reaching goals of some demonstrators put the movement in dicier territory.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Tagging a right tackle is a dicier proposition given the tender basically grants left tackle money.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
This is where things get even dicier, especially since the content focused on science topics like vaccines and climate change that are subject to a lot of misinformation campaigns online.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 June 2023
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
But the more far-reaching goals of some demonstrators put the movement in dicier territory.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Tagging a right tackle is a dicier proposition given the tender basically grants left tackle money.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
This is where things get even dicier, especially since the content focused on science topics like vaccines and climate change that are subject to a lot of misinformation campaigns online.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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One challenge of narrating Chinese American history is that little is documented and what records do exist are often unreliable.—
Jane Hu,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Ten inches fell in Orleans Parish on Feb. 14, 1895, NOAA says, but NWS says the record is unreliable.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of negotiating with an untrustworthy, unpredictable and poorly governed U.S., other countries are going to start looking for ways to minimize contact with and dependence on us.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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And what if others trust people who are untrustworthy? Between the lines: Name the last time Democrats drove the dominant narrative on social media or even traditional media.—
Axios,
Axios,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
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With fueling so expensive and stations so undependable, Kiskis — who lives in Pacific Palisades and works at Google in Playa Vista — drives a gasoline Jeep for everything but short trips around the neighborhood.—
Russ Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Why some houses burn and others survive isn’t always obvious and can seem capricious and haphazard, despite preparation and mitigation.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Efforts to reform the system that has shielded oil companies from liability have been haphazard.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Go and read random slave narratives and get their experience of the time.—
David Marchese,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Oh, the third mode is a combination of both – sets of airbags inflate and deflate in seemingly random order – which has been perhaps my favorite setting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Christmas music seems to be hit-or-miss with most people, and opinions on specific songs can vary greatly.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
18 Dec. 2024
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And that's hard in some places where short-term rentals are a hit-or-miss proposition.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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