iffy

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While he says the US can keep the air-to-ground war going for a "long time", the air defence war is "more iffy".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The neighborhood looked a bit iffy, so they texted and asked, since I live down here, if I would take a look.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

But banking on a revival of its energy industry is an iffy proposition.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

In the final month of the season, remember, the Dodgers entertained a flurry of ideas about how to best combine a talented rotation and an iffy bullpen into an effective October staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

That was iffy logic, but Bobby Gene didn’t fight me on it.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon