iffy
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And conversely, industrial businesses moved into working-class neighborhoods because the land was cheaper and the zoning sometimes iffy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
There was a collective swoon when news came through on Thursday that McTominay, the totem, had an iffy tummy, but he's good now.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Many companies reported then that the economic outlook was too iffy for them to expand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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
When we’re in this iffy mood—the subjunctive mood, if you want to be technical—was becomes were.
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
