if·fy

[if-ee]
adjective, if·fi·er, if·fi·est. Informal.
1.
full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.
2.
doubtful; questionable: An early decision on this is iffy.

Origin:
1915–20; if + -y1

if·fi·ness, noun


1. doubtful, unsettled, uncertain, speculative.
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iffy (ˈɪfɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , iffier, iffiest
informal uncertain or subject to contingency: this scheme sounds a bit iffy
 
[C20: from if + -y1]

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iffy definition

[ˈɪfi]
  1. mod.
    marginally uncertain. : Things are still sort of iffy, but we'll know for sure in a few days.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
It's always a little bit iffy to filter conversations through the bailiff.
Others think it is an incremental advance with an iffy payoff.
Those things the economist could play around with, so that part of the budget was always a little iffy until the last minute.
Taking the car out on a pot-holed public road was an iffy proposition at best.
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