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iffy
if·fy I0025400 (ĭf′ē)adj. if·fi·er, if·fi·est Informal Doubtful; uncertain: an iffy proposition.
[From if.]
if′fi·ness n.iffy (ˈɪfɪ) adj, iffier or iffiestinformal uncertain or subject to contingency: this scheme sounds a bit iffy. [C20: from if + -y1]if•fy (ˈɪf i)
adj. -fi•er, -fi•est. full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation. [1915–20; if + -y1] if′fi•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | iffy - subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"flukey, fluky, chancycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechuncertain - not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" |
iffyadjective1. inferior, inadequate, unacceptable, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, substandard If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.2. uncertain, doubtful, unpredictable, conditional, undecided, up in the air, problematical, chancy (informal), in the lap of the gods His political future is looking iffy.iffyadjectiveInformal. Not affording certainty:ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure.Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question.Translationsiffy
iffyslang Questionable or uncertain. A: "I wouldn't sit there if I were you—that chair is sort of iffy." B: "Yeah, it creaks like it's going to break every time someone sits in it!" Their agreement seems iffy to me, so I wouldn't get too excited about it.iffy (ˈɪfi) mod. marginally uncertain. Things are still sort of iffy, but we’ll know for sure in a few days. IFFY
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iffy
Synonyms for iffyadj inferiorSynonyms- inferior
- inadequate
- unacceptable
- imperfect
- second-rate
- shoddy
- substandard
adj uncertainSynonyms- uncertain
- doubtful
- unpredictable
- conditional
- undecided
- up in the air
- problematical
- chancy
- in the lap of the gods
Synonyms for iffyadj not affording certaintySynonyms- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- doubtful
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indeterminate
- problematic
- problematical
- questionable
- uncertain
- unclear
- unsure
Synonyms for iffyadj subject to accident or chance or changeSynonymsRelated Words |