iffy
adj/ˈɪfi/
Etymology From if + -y.
1
Slang Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
- He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.
2
Uncertain or chancy; risky.
- The weather is still iffy for Saturday's rocket launch.
- That potato salad smells a bit iffy. Don't chance it — it's not worth salmonellosis.
2 more examples
- “He’s underground, anyway, so reception would be iffy.”2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 416:
- "Definitely something iffy, that's for sure.”2011, Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, page 60:
- Hypernyms
- fraudulent, suspicious, unreliable