iffy

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The count is iffy because Glass pushes the boundaries between what we tend to call opera and the fuzzier idea of music theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

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

“Things are a little more iffy and there’s a lot more risk on the horizon,” Elizabeth Renter, senior economist at NerdWallet, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

Treebaun progressed quickly through each student’s recap and repercussion track, and I watched a botched Kennedy assassination simulation, a Watergate mess, and a rather iffy situation involving Ben Franklin, but none of them were Elliot’s.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin