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What is the adjective for dodgy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dodge which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dodgy
  1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) evasive and shifty
  2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) unsound and unreliable
  3. dishonest
  4. risky
  5. deviant
  6. uncomfortable and weird
  7. Synonyms:
      8. dishonest, dubious, shifty, deceitful, duplicitous, shady, unscrupulous, artful, beguiling, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, dishonorable, dishonourable, shonky, slick, slippery, sly, treacherous, unprincipled, unreliable, untrustworthy, wily, bent, cagey, cagy, cute, deceptive, designing, devious, dicey, foxy, guileful, iffy, irresponsible, knavish, scheming, shrewd, traitorous, tricky, unfaithful, dangerous, deviant, evasive, subtle, undependable, underhand, double-dealing, not to be trusted … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Residents looking to buy a car have been warned about a dodgy salesman who has continued flogging cars despite being disqualified.”
      “Fernandez, that dodgy piece of junk you sold me just broke down again!”
      “Look for a small road that cuts left over a small stream with a dodgy bridge.”
dodgeable
  1. capable of being dodged
  2. Synonyms:
      3. avoidable, evitable, avertible, escapable, avertable, evadable, unnecessary, stoppable, preventable, needless, noninevitable, opposable, restrainable, thwartable, inhibitable, haltable, blockable, resistible, postponable, forestallable, hinderable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Her question was so dodgeable that I managed to deflect it with ease.”
dodgier
  1. comparative form of dodgy: more dodgy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. worse, inferior, poorer, shoddier, direr, grottier, hackier, junkier, lousier, poor, poxier, ropier, sadder, shabbier, sorrier, tawdrier, trashier, of inferior quality, of poorer quality, not as good as, more abysmal, more appalling, more atrocious, more deficient, more deplorable, more diabolical, more direful, more dismal, more dreadful, more execrable, more flawed, more imperfect, more inadequate, more lamentable, more mediocre, more pathetic, more pitiful, more suboptimal, more subpar, more sub-par, more substandard, more terrible, more unacceptable, more unsatisfactory, more worthless, not so good, not as good, not as favorable, not as nice, more low-grade … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Instead I had a dodgy job for a dodgier boss, working out of a four floor walk-up above a bridal wholesalers in Soho.”
      “There have been several efforts to end the farce by registering reputable representatives of defence companies, as opposed to dodgier freelancers.”
      “The Democrats and the congressional black caucus were too indulgent to Mr Aristide, whereas the Republicans were in cahoots with some of his dodgier opponents.”
dodgiest
  1. superlative form of dodgy: most dodgy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shiftiest, shadiest, craftiest, shonkiest, slickest, slipperiest, sliest, wiliest, bentest, cagiest, cutest, diciest, foxiest, iffiest, shrewdest, trickiest, subtlest, most dishonest, most dubious, most deceitful, most duplicitous, most unscrupulous, most artful, most beguiling, most corrupt, most crooked, most cunning, most dishonorable, most dishonourable, most treacherous, most unprincipled, most unreliable, most untrustworthy, most deceptive, most designing, most devious, most guileful, most irresponsible, most knavish, most scheming, most traitorous, most unfaithful, most dangerous, most deviant, most evasive, most undependable, most underhand, most disreputable, sneakiest, most underhanded … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “African-American delegates were forced to take rooms in the dodgiest residential hotels and flophouses in the Red Light district around Union Station.”
      “When I was at Leicester we lost to Chelsea because of possibly the dodgiest penalty decision I've ever experienced my career.”
      “Last week the music producer was spotted in the dodgiest blue trousers ever.”
dodged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dodge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lost, evaded, eluded, escaped, shook, avoided, fled, shirked, escaped from, gave the slip to, got away from, shook off, sidestepped, skirted, threw off, bilked, cleared, ditched, fended off, left behind, outdistanced, outpaced, outran, outstripped, ducked, got ahead of, got rid of, slipped away from, sneaked away from, steered clear of, threw off the scent, outrun, shaken off, shaken, scaped, finessed, gave the slip, given the slip, gotten away from, thrown off the scent, eschewed, given the slip to, thrown off, shunned, run away from, rid, gotten around, gotten rid of, weaselled out of, shuffled out of … more
dodging
  1. present participle of dodge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ducking, sidestepping, zigzagging, slaloming, jinking, weaving, bolting, darting, swerving, diving, juking, jumping, leaping, lunging, lungeing, shifting, skipping, springing, veering, shirking, turning aside, dashing, scurrying, moving to side, rushing, winding, crisscrossing, weaving your way, working, criss-crossing, moving in and out, working one's way, threading, charging, tearing, careering, shooting, flying, hurtling, racing, running, speeding, barreling, barrelling, sprinting, zipping, scooting, zooming, belting, bounding … more
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