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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
Synonyms of dodgy
Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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Things get even dodgier in the coming years, with the vast majority of data centers planned for launch between 2028 and 2032 having yet to even break ground.
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Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
And the point where things could start getting dodgy isn’t too far away.
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But thanks to mad scientist and some dodgy experimentation, there is a harry creature on the loose, threatening to ruin the party.
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This cat grew up in the dodgy Leith highrises.
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Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
And the point where things could start getting dodgy isn’t too far away.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
But thanks to mad scientist and some dodgy experimentation, there is a harry creature on the loose, threatening to ruin the party.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
This cat grew up in the dodgy Leith highrises.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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