dodgy
/ˈdɑdʒi/
adjective
- Dishonest or likely to be involved in illegal or shady activities.
- I don't trust that dodgy salesman; he seems too pushy.
- He was known as a dodgy character around the neighborhood.
- The deal sounded dodgy, so we decided not to invest.
- Unreliable, unsafe, or likely to cause problems.
- The food at that restaurant was a bit dodgy; I got sick afterward.
- The old bridge looked dodgy, so we took another route.
- My laptop has been acting dodgy lately; it keeps crashing.
- Not working properly; faulty.
- The remote control is dodgy; you have to press the button really hard.
- The dodgy wiring in the house caused a short circuit.
- I have a dodgy knee that hurts when it rains.
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