leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Cleaning spills quickly and identifying any other water sources, such as leaky pipes, can also be useful.
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Nearly everyone was in the midst of a dispute with their landlord, but these weren’t typical gripes about leaky pipes.
—Benjamin Cunningham Edu Bayer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Before June heads out to rejoin Mayday in another leaky safe house in the middle of nowhere, Holly offers to remove her ear tag.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Using it to address persistent trade deficits — a chronic, macroeconomic condition — is calling the fire department for a leaky faucet.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Nearly everyone was in the midst of a dispute with their landlord, but these weren’t typical gripes about leaky pipes.
—Benjamin Cunningham Edu Bayer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Before June heads out to rejoin Mayday in another leaky safe house in the middle of nowhere, Holly offers to remove her ear tag.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Using it to address persistent trade deficits — a chronic, macroeconomic condition — is calling the fire department for a leaky faucet.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for leaky
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 6 May. 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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