1
: having many uncertain or unknown qualities or conditions
an iffy proposition
2
: of inconsistent or unreliable quality
iffiness
noun
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Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
Golden State traded Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Hawks for Porzingis, a 7-foot-2 sharpshooter and prolific shot-blocker with iffy health.
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The dry-goods area atop the fridge sometimes stocked the Australian biscuit Tim Tams, but supplies were iffy.
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Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
Golden State traded Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Hawks for Porzingis, a 7-foot-2 sharpshooter and prolific shot-blocker with iffy health.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
The dry-goods area atop the fridge sometimes stocked the Australian biscuit Tim Tams, but supplies were iffy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Some players with iffy cases were going to make it, and some weren’t.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Iffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iffy. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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iffy
adjective
if·fy
ˈif-ē 
1
: having many uncertain or unknown qualities or conditions
an iffy situation
2
: of inconsistent or unreliable quality
iffiness
noun
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