dodgy

Preposition: at

• back: If they can attack but are a bit dodgy at the back, how have they got the best defensive record in the Premiership?

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• look: The house in Cedar Lawn Avenue looked a bit dodgy.
• sound: And even if it was possible, it sounds a bit dodgy to me: are you sure we'd get away with it?
• do: If you're doing something dodgy then Mr Google will find out eventually.

Modifies a noun

• dossier: Who misled Parliament about the " dodgy dossier " .
• geezer: Londoners love a dodgy geezer off the back of a lorry.
• dealing: More about Tim Spicer's dodgy dealings can be found here.
• haircut: But me, I had a dodgy haircut and felt a bit sorry for myself and wanted to stay home.
• knee: More importantly, fixed didn't hurt my dodgy knee.
• accent: Of course we all had acquired dodgy Irish accents by this stage.

Modifying Another Word

• decidedly: What had looked like match for Koch now looked decidedly dodgy!
• distinctly: Climb down was distinctly dodgy - everything iced over.
• slightly: To be fair, I may have seen a slightly dodgy episode.
• rather: I also need to do something about the rather dodgy boiler.
• somewhat: They are extremely talented musically, but their songs are somewhat dodgy and get tedious after a while.
• pretty: A Secretary of State who calls Martin McGuinness " Babe " has a pretty dodgy moral compass.

Used with adjective complement

• look: The whole project looks well dodgy at the moment.
• seem: Fridge seemed slightly dodgy, not convinced the seals working properly.
• sound: There was a free minibus to bring us here last night which sounded worryingly dodgy over the phone yesterday from Caserta.
• get: Mind you, my hearing's getting dodgy already, so I might have to play even louder just to hear myself!