Usually means: Uncertain, doubtful, or questionable quality.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word iffy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. iffy: Merriam-Webster
  2. iffy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. iffy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. iffy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. iffy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Iffy, iffy: Wordnik
  7. iffy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. iffy: Wiktionary
  9. iffy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. iffy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. iffy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. iffy: Dictionary.com
  13. iffy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. iffy: Rhymezone
  15. iffy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. iffy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. iffy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. iffy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IFFY: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. iffy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. iffy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. iffy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See iffier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
adjective:  Uncertain or chancy; risky.

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