leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Dripping faucets, standing water, leaky pipes, and spills also draw them in.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
If this story is inspiring you to clean the mould off your shower, by all means do — but know that superficial mould won’t traumatise your mind, body and spirit the way toxic mould from leaky buildings will.
—Melissa Kenny, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The makeshift fish pond, formed in a tree pit thanks to a leaky hydrant and the efforts of some longtime residents near the corner of Hancock and Tompkins, was dry and covered with cardboard.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2024
And as a footnote, black market energy commodities, which are what much of Russia’s exports have become, are usually dirty, and shadow tankers are often leaky and almost always uninsured, creating the potential for catastrophic environmental and economic accidents.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
If this story is inspiring you to clean the mould off your shower, by all means do — but know that superficial mould won’t traumatise your mind, body and spirit the way toxic mould from leaky buildings will.
—Melissa Kenny, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The makeshift fish pond, formed in a tree pit thanks to a leaky hydrant and the efforts of some longtime residents near the corner of Hancock and Tompkins, was dry and covered with cardboard.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2024
And as a footnote, black market energy commodities, which are what much of Russia’s exports have become, are usually dirty, and shadow tankers are often leaky and almost always uninsured, creating the potential for catastrophic environmental and economic accidents.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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leaky
adjective
leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
a leaky boat
leakiness
noun
Medical Definition
leaky
adjective
: relating to or being a mutant gene that changes the structure of the protein and especially an enzyme that it determines so that some but not all of its biological activity is lost
also
: being such a protein with subnormal activity
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