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The synonyms of “Iffy” are: chancy, flukey, fluky, tentative, undecided, unsettled, unsure, unreliable, unresolved, in doubt, in the balance, substandard, second-rate, low-grade, of low quality, of poor quality
Iffy as an Adjective
Definitions of "Iffy" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “iffy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Subject to accident or chance or change.
- Of doubtful quality or legality.
- Full of uncertainty; doubtful.
Synonyms of "Iffy" as an adjective (16 Words)
| chancy | Subject to accident or chance or change. A chancy appeal at best. |
| flukey | Subject to accident or chance or change. |
| fluky | Subject to accident or chance or change. A fluky wind. |
| in doubt | Holding office. |
| in the balance | Holding office. |
| low-grade | Of inferior quality. |
| of low quality | Low or inferior in station or quality. |
| of poor quality | Having little money or few possessions. |
| second-rate | Moderate to inferior in quality. |
| substandard | Falling short of some prescribed norm. Substandard spellings. |
| tentative | Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon. Just a tentative schedule. |
| undecided | Not settled or resolved. The match was still undecided. |
| unreliable | Dangerously unstable and unpredictable. In the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable. |
| unresolved | Characterized by musical dissonance harmonically unresolved. Many problems remain unresolved. |
| unsettled | Worried and uneasy. An unsettled lifestyle. |
| unsure | (of a fact) not fixed or certain. A very unsure young man. |
Usage Examples of "Iffy" as an adjective
- An iffy proposition.
- The prospect for classes resuming next Wednesday seems iffy.
- A good wine merchant will change the iffy bottles for sound ones.