leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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Rather than trying to restrict Russian exports, the price cap used a complicated and leaky scheme to try to force Russia’s oil prices lower without reducing its supply to global markets.
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Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
Photo: Hannah La Follette Ryan for New York Magazine
Our most exciting cultural center opened in August as a bit among three guys sick of looking at a leaky fire hydrant at the corner of Hancock Street and Tompkins Avenue.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
But Colts center Ryan Kelly had a front-row seat to the Colts’ struggles, which included several leaky moments from the offensive line that led to Richardson being rushed or running back Jonathan Taylor being stuffed.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Digestive bacteria can then pass out of the gut through the leaky wall and harm other bodily systems, including the brain.
—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
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Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
Photo: Hannah La Follette Ryan for New York Magazine
Our most exciting cultural center opened in August as a bit among three guys sick of looking at a leaky fire hydrant at the corner of Hancock Street and Tompkins Avenue.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
But Colts center Ryan Kelly had a front-row seat to the Colts’ struggles, which included several leaky moments from the offensive line that led to Richardson being rushed or running back Jonathan Taylor being stuffed.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Digestive bacteria can then pass out of the gut through the leaky wall and harm other bodily systems, including the brain.
—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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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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