leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Vin Knight is affecting as Leopold Bloom, an anxious outsider in his city, his subconscious, and his leaky body; Scott Shepherd plays multiple roles, but is particularly droll as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging hornily through Dublin.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
In noncompliance records from 2023 reviewed by The Times, Manning Beef was accused of multiple instances of a leaky ceiling, separate instances of live insects on the kill floor, unsanitary conditions and operational malfunctions.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
For years, students, teachers and administrators have been working on transforming the riverfront into a living shoreline, with a mini forest of mangroves instead of a leaky, low-lying concrete seawall.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The hope is that app developers reach out as requested and plug these leaky holes.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
In noncompliance records from 2023 reviewed by The Times, Manning Beef was accused of multiple instances of a leaky ceiling, separate instances of live insects on the kill floor, unsanitary conditions and operational malfunctions.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
For years, students, teachers and administrators have been working on transforming the riverfront into a living shoreline, with a mini forest of mangroves instead of a leaky, low-lying concrete seawall.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The hope is that app developers reach out as requested and plug these leaky holes.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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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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