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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
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Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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Will more dodgy distillates be excluded from the category?
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Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Fiat has a dodgy reputation for quality in the United States, but brand boss Olivier Francois points out the 500e has been on sale in Europe since 2020, time to work out the bugs.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
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Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Fiat has a dodgy reputation for quality in the United States, but brand boss Olivier Francois points out the 500e has been on sale in Europe since 2020, time to work out the bugs.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for dodgy
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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