leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Safety Julian Love had the only sack, and the unit was a bit leaky situationally — San Francisco was 7-of-14 on third down and 2-of-2 on fourth down — but allowing just 17 points at home should typically be enough to win a game.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
That’s like saying a leaky faucet is shedding tears.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Despite a sluggish offensive start, leaky coverage in the secondary and a failure to consistently pressure Justin Herbert, the Chiefs had a chance to steal the game from the Chargers in Brazil on Friday night.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Heavy rains and leaky sewage pipes The causes of fecal bacteria in coastal and inland waters vary depending on the region, but in each case it's worsened by heavy rains and extreme weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, experts said.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
That’s like saying a leaky faucet is shedding tears.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Despite a sluggish offensive start, leaky coverage in the secondary and a failure to consistently pressure Justin Herbert, the Chiefs had a chance to steal the game from the Chargers in Brazil on Friday night.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Heavy rains and leaky sewage pipes The causes of fecal bacteria in coastal and inland waters vary depending on the region, but in each case it's worsened by heavy rains and extreme weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, experts said.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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