iffy
pronunciation
How to pronounce iffy in British English:
UK [ˈɪfi]
How to pronounce iffy in American English:
US [ˈɪfi]
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- Adjective:
- subject to accident or chance or change
Word Origin
- iffy (adj.)
- 1937, American English, from if + -y (2). Originally associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Example
- 1. Anyone blurring these lines is iffy .
- 2. But joint ventures between rivals have long been seen as iffy .
- 3. Of course , it always was an iffy kind of plot .
- 4. Regulators now frown on such iffy sales techniques , and drug firms have more or less stopped using them .
- 5. An expansion of the federal housing administration , which guarantees mortgages to iffy borrowers , is on the cards .