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   If·fy

   /ˈifē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. full of uncertainty; doubtful: informal "the prospect for classes resuming next Wednesday seems iffy" Similar tentativeundecidedunsettledunsureunreliableunresolvedin doubtin the balanceinformal:up in the airOpposite settled
   • ▪ of doubtful quality or legality: informal "a good wine merchant will change the iffy bottles for sound ones" Similar substandardsecond-ratelow-gradelow-qualityof low qualityof poor qualitydoubtfuldubiousquestionableinformal:not up to muchdodgyropynot much copfarkakteOpposite perfect

   Word Origin 1930s (originally US): from if + f + -y1.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • Y

     4

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