Meaning

2 senses
  1. (slang)Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.

    He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.

    dubios, zweifelhaft

    сомни́тельныйsomnítelʹnyj, подозри́тельныйpodozrítelʹnyj

  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.

More definitions
  • subject to accident or chance or change

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The weather looks iffy today.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. There's something iffy about the situation.

    ruВ этой истории что-то не то.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Olya · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. It's kind of iffy, don't you think?

    ruЭто как-то сомнительно, вы не находите?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. If humans eventually populate outer space, and it is very iffy, what kind of society will they want?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · nonong · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. That seems iffy. That doesn’t seem aboveboard.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality:

Origin

From if + -y.

From if + -y.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

iffier, iffiest
Comparativeiffier Lesson
Superlativeiffiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
iffy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto