leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Khadejah Convert and her family have lived with the roaches and mice, the dust, the cracks in the foundation of their Kansas City apartment building, and the unfixed maintenance problems, like a toilet that shifts and a leaky tub.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
Indeed, many of the buildings in question were already operating with only about 40% of their spaces being utilized, with several in various states of disrepair and leaky roofs or unreliable climate control systems, NASA officials say.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Sacramento County health inspectors closed two local grocery stores after discovering live cockroaches, old rodent droppings and a leaky roof.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
And the house on the corner that had a ragged tarp over the leaky roof.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
Indeed, many of the buildings in question were already operating with only about 40% of their spaces being utilized, with several in various states of disrepair and leaky roofs or unreliable climate control systems, NASA officials say.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Sacramento County health inspectors closed two local grocery stores after discovering live cockroaches, old rodent droppings and a leaky roof.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
And the house on the corner that had a ragged tarp over the leaky roof.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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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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