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iffy adjective [ ˈɪfi ]

• full of uncertainty; doubtful.
• "the prospect for classes resuming next Wednesday seems iffy"
Similar: tentative, undecided, unsettled, unsure, unreliable, unresolved, in doubt, in the balance, up in the air,
Opposite: settled,
Origin: 1930s (originally US): from if + f + -y1.

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