Word of the Day:
dodgy
What It Means
Unsound and unreliable.
The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe.
Dodgy in Context
““The market is getting edgier and edgier, and what is accepted in the marketplace gets dodgier and dodgier,” said Martin E. Abrams, the executive director of the Center for Information Policy Leadership at the law firm Hunton & Williams, a research organization financed by companies like Google...”
Did You Know?
From dodge (verb) + -y. First used in mid-19th century England.
Source and license
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