leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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The return of Harold Landry from a two-game absence should help here, as will facing a leaky offensive line.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
In addition, teams had to fix leaky ground support hardware used to load gaseous oxygen into Orion for its crew to breathe.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Since being diagnosed with a number of maladies over the years, including hypothyroidism, leaky gut and a gluten intolerance, McCarthy has been on a quest to put better things not only in her body but on her body.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
This team has been a bit leaky this season in terms of shots and scoring chances against, but Sorokin has stood tall behind a challenging workload.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
In addition, teams had to fix leaky ground support hardware used to load gaseous oxygen into Orion for its crew to breathe.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Since being diagnosed with a number of maladies over the years, including hypothyroidism, leaky gut and a gluten intolerance, McCarthy has been on a quest to put better things not only in her body but on her body.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
This team has been a bit leaky this season in terms of shots and scoring chances against, but Sorokin has stood tall behind a challenging workload.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 15 Jan. 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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