dodgy
adjective/dɒdʒi/
Frequency rank: #9,353 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Dishonest, unreliable, or of suspicious quality.
Example sentence
I would avoid that market stall if I were you, because the meat there looks quite dodgy.
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