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Definition of dodgy in English: dodgyadjectivedodgier, dodgiest ˈdɒdʒiˈdɑdʒi British informal 1Dishonest or unreliable. a dodgy second-hand car salesman Example sentencesExamples - I certainly can't vouch for the source, which looks pretty dodgy to me, but this argues otherwise.
- In Primorsko in some areas it is now impossible to even see the sea due to a corrupt mayor doing dodgy deals.
- "I thought there was something dodgy going on," she said.
- Car hire companies cannot afford to send out a car with dodgy brakes or a low oil level.
- He's not the worst candidate in the field but he has a bit of dodgy salesman about him.
- When it's time to have work done on a property, many are tempted by cheap deals from dodgy builders.
- I get vibes from people - if they seem a little bit dodgy, I can usually tell.
- It is here that she meets her second husband or partner, a dodgy, unreliable character.
- We have to be alert to the possibility that something dodgy might be happening.
- Deposit your cheque in one of these - and don't be conned into buying any financial products by dodgy salesmen and financial advisers!
- I presume the importer is listed on that list of dodgy dealers.
- All I need is a cheap tweed coat with leather patches at my elbows and I could be dodgy salesman of the year.
- Cowboy traders and dodgy doorstep salesmen are prowling around, ready to pounce on the unsuspecting or the plain gullible.
- And sadly, this means I have only my dodgy recollection to double check my account with.
- Then there's my dodgy car that may not make it there or back to visit anyone…
- If the seller is dodgy, then likely as not, so is the car.
- In fact, that is what the dodgy dealers out there are already saying.
- After bringing the railways to the city, he fell from grace over dodgy financial dealings.
- If some business at the margin gets turned away because it is slightly dodgy, then so be it.
- They protect me on the long road between here and Johannesburg, alone with a small child in a dodgy car that only miracles keep going.
Synonyms dishonest, deceitful, not to be trusted, dubious, double-dealing, treacherous, traitorous, two-faced, unfaithful, duplicitous, dishonourable, unprincipled, unscrupulous, corrupt, underhand - 1.1 Potentially dangerous.
activities like these could be dodgy for your heart Example sentencesExamples - Still, the roads in this country are not very safe at night, and the airport is still a dodgy proposition.
- A nifty footballer and a dab hand at catch and chase, Matthew admitted he thought he was going to lose her after she had an operation for a dodgy heart.
- Nothing fazes him, least of all his dodgy heart, which he considers merely a blip on a perfect landscape.
- According to British Vogue, things got rather dodgy in the mysterious land of Sardinia.
- Women who currently work the streets are putting themselves in danger not from the punters although some are dodgy but the pimps who extort these women.
- It was a dodgy existence, sharing more with high-risk adventure sports than gentlemanly pursuits.
- We almost baulked at the dodgy exposed climb needed to reach it.
Synonyms hazardous, perilous, risky, high-risk, fraught with danger, unsafe, uncertain, unpredictable, precarious, insecure, exposed, vulnerable, touch-and-go, chancy, tricky, treacherous - 1.2 Of low quality.
Spurs' dodgy defence had thrown away a 2-0 lead Example sentencesExamples - He also evened out dodgy quality by blending wines grown in differing microclimates within Champagne and across both hot and cold vintages.
- Selling Hank a dodgy car may come back to haunt you.
- The goods on offer included cars, art and dodgy sports memorabilia.
- Going on holiday - flight delays, too many seats on the plane, dodgy food and warm beer, in a word, stress.
- It's all great stuff, despite the dodgy quality of the audio and video.
- Now I knew an ingredient may be dodgy and no matter how good or bad the meal tasted, I was going to dwell on the fact it was irrevocably, Old Lard.
- We drank that dodgy cheap wine which is akin to beetroot juice and has negligible alcohol content.
- In an effort to transcend the dodgy sound quality and high prices of bootlegs, the band has recorded every concert over the past three years.
- If you struggled through my early podcasts with the terrible audio and dodgy sound levels this will bring a sense of nostalgia.
- No, take it as read that United will not win the title this season, that defence is still too dodgy and the goalkeeper doesn't inspire.
- We should of course always make sure that dodgy toys are binned, car seats are safe and secure, matches are well out of reach and knives are not used for juggling.
- Is that the dodgy stuff I was using that I meant to throw away and never did - or is it that really good stuff I spooled up last month?
- I affected my dodgy fake Irish accent and got chatting to a group of Canberra Uni students.
- Yes, there is the odd dodgy track and occasional dreadful lyric, but on the whole this album is far better than many would of dreamed possible.
- I agree, the pictures are very dodgy.
- Brazil are looking magnificent in attack, if decidedly dodgy at the back.
- It was an old double-decker with a real dodgy paint job, as if done by a bunch of kids on day release.
- It is a very dodgy user interface but you can't really complain about 250 megs for free.
Synonyms second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, low-quality, cheap of low quality, of poor quality, not up to scratch, not up to par awful, terrible, dreadful, woeful, dire, deplorable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory British cheap and nasty North American cheapjack informal cheapo, tenth-rate, not up to much British informal ropy, grotty, duff
Derivatives adverb British informal My electronics knowledge is famously bad though, which is why I play with kits like this and don't, for example, dodgily solder things onto breadboards. Example sentencesExamples - Steven dodgily said he was fine because he had generally disposed of most of it anyway.
- When the cages came off the lorry I did think one of them was a bit wobbly and dodgily stacked.
- Do I fill out its dodgily leading questions, thus encouraging more politicians to believe what I believe?
- Not only was the geography of Egypt all rather dodgily presented, but they couldn't even get the basic geography of London right in the bus chase seen.
noun British informal Speaking of dodginess, I remember there was a guy at school who had a CD burner, and he charged something like $10 per CD to copy them for you. Example sentencesExamples - Practically all of them are mixed up in some kind of criminal dodginess anyway, so it's hardly eroding their morals.
- No, I backed right off it with all this dodginess going on.
- If you are being suspected of a little dodginess yourself, you don't want to spend your time consorting with a person of such a spectacularly dubious reputation.
- Sorry if I seemed patronising, I probably seem that way but actually what you're reading is major love for the space program despite its dodginess.
Definition of dodgy in US English: dodgyadjectiveˈdäjēˈdɑdʒi British informal 1Dishonest or unreliable. a dodgy secondhand car salesman Example sentencesExamples - It is here that she meets her second husband or partner, a dodgy, unreliable character.
- If the seller is dodgy, then likely as not, so is the car.
- I certainly can't vouch for the source, which looks pretty dodgy to me, but this argues otherwise.
- All I need is a cheap tweed coat with leather patches at my elbows and I could be dodgy salesman of the year.
- They protect me on the long road between here and Johannesburg, alone with a small child in a dodgy car that only miracles keep going.
- I presume the importer is listed on that list of dodgy dealers.
- Cowboy traders and dodgy doorstep salesmen are prowling around, ready to pounce on the unsuspecting or the plain gullible.
- In Primorsko in some areas it is now impossible to even see the sea due to a corrupt mayor doing dodgy deals.
- When it's time to have work done on a property, many are tempted by cheap deals from dodgy builders.
- After bringing the railways to the city, he fell from grace over dodgy financial dealings.
- "I thought there was something dodgy going on," she said.
- We have to be alert to the possibility that something dodgy might be happening.
- Deposit your cheque in one of these - and don't be conned into buying any financial products by dodgy salesmen and financial advisers!
- And sadly, this means I have only my dodgy recollection to double check my account with.
- In fact, that is what the dodgy dealers out there are already saying.
- He's not the worst candidate in the field but he has a bit of dodgy salesman about him.
- Then there's my dodgy car that may not make it there or back to visit anyone…
- If some business at the margin gets turned away because it is slightly dodgy, then so be it.
- I get vibes from people - if they seem a little bit dodgy, I can usually tell.
- Car hire companies cannot afford to send out a car with dodgy brakes or a low oil level.
Synonyms dishonest, deceitful, not to be trusted, dubious, double-dealing, treacherous, traitorous, two-faced, unfaithful, duplicitous, dishonourable, unprincipled, unscrupulous, corrupt, underhand - 1.1 Potentially dangerous.
activities like these could be dodgy for your heart Example sentencesExamples - We almost baulked at the dodgy exposed climb needed to reach it.
- Nothing fazes him, least of all his dodgy heart, which he considers merely a blip on a perfect landscape.
- It was a dodgy existence, sharing more with high-risk adventure sports than gentlemanly pursuits.
- A nifty footballer and a dab hand at catch and chase, Matthew admitted he thought he was going to lose her after she had an operation for a dodgy heart.
- Still, the roads in this country are not very safe at night, and the airport is still a dodgy proposition.
- Women who currently work the streets are putting themselves in danger not from the punters although some are dodgy but the pimps who extort these women.
- According to British Vogue, things got rather dodgy in the mysterious land of Sardinia.
Synonyms hazardous, perilous, risky, high-risk, fraught with danger, unsafe, uncertain, unpredictable, precarious, insecure, exposed, vulnerable, touch-and-go, chancy, tricky, treacherous - 1.2 Of low quality.
Example sentencesExamples - It's all great stuff, despite the dodgy quality of the audio and video.
- We drank that dodgy cheap wine which is akin to beetroot juice and has negligible alcohol content.
- In an effort to transcend the dodgy sound quality and high prices of bootlegs, the band has recorded every concert over the past three years.
- Is that the dodgy stuff I was using that I meant to throw away and never did - or is it that really good stuff I spooled up last month?
- Yes, there is the odd dodgy track and occasional dreadful lyric, but on the whole this album is far better than many would of dreamed possible.
- It was an old double-decker with a real dodgy paint job, as if done by a bunch of kids on day release.
- The goods on offer included cars, art and dodgy sports memorabilia.
- He also evened out dodgy quality by blending wines grown in differing microclimates within Champagne and across both hot and cold vintages.
- If you struggled through my early podcasts with the terrible audio and dodgy sound levels this will bring a sense of nostalgia.
- Going on holiday - flight delays, too many seats on the plane, dodgy food and warm beer, in a word, stress.
- Selling Hank a dodgy car may come back to haunt you.
- We should of course always make sure that dodgy toys are binned, car seats are safe and secure, matches are well out of reach and knives are not used for juggling.
- I agree, the pictures are very dodgy.
- Now I knew an ingredient may be dodgy and no matter how good or bad the meal tasted, I was going to dwell on the fact it was irrevocably, Old Lard.
- No, take it as read that United will not win the title this season, that defence is still too dodgy and the goalkeeper doesn't inspire.
- I affected my dodgy fake Irish accent and got chatting to a group of Canberra Uni students.
- It is a very dodgy user interface but you can't really complain about 250 megs for free.
- Brazil are looking magnificent in attack, if decidedly dodgy at the back.
Synonyms second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, low-quality, cheap
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