iffy
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How much of Bath's title defence rests on Finn Russell's iffy calf?
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
“There’s nothing wrong with wanting men” begins with the iffy premise that extremely online discourse drives what people care about offline.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
For starters, chasing the rally from here looks iffy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
The quality of such tiny companies is iffy and frauds are more common, so the services of a seasoned stock picker might be especially useful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
A similar problem arises when we use iffy language to talk about the past.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
And remember that the door is typically the warmest place in the fridge, so it's fine for pickles and soda but iffier for shorter shelf life items like milk.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023
A welcome exception to the iffier interviewees is Tony Chicotel, a lawyer and expert on long-term-care rights and California law.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
The program’s supposed benefits look even iffier when weighed against its human costs, which are often easier to identify — children growing up without being able to visit fathers, for instance.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2017
Another slide by Coghlan was a lot iffier.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2015
In the present tense, might is used rather than may to describe an iffier situation.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
But the resulting expansion falls prey to that iffiest of modern-day horror movie conventions: an “opening up” narrative that too often feels like a shutting down of what’s truly scary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
