leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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The air district, however, argues that leaky equipment is releasing landfill gases into the environment, which is why there’s much less methane being collected.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
For example, a leaky gut enables particles to enter the immune system as invaders inflaming it and keeping it on high alert for free radicals which can lead the immune system to attack itself.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
For example, a leaky gut enables particles to enter the immune system as invaders inflaming it and keeping it on high alert for free radicals which can lead the immune system to attack itself.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 4 May. 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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