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chancy

adjective

subject to accident or chance or change

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
C
Ends with
Y
Contains
HA
Scrabble score
16

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adjective

  1. subject to accident or chance or change

    “a chancy appeal at best”

adjective

  1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

    “{'source': 'New Yorker', 'text': 'an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog'}”

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Example Sentences

a chancy appeal at best
getting that job was definitely fluky
a fluky wind
an iffy proposition
{'source': 'New Yorker', 'text': 'an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog'}

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