leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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While some solvable problems are clear to the naked eye — like a leaky faucet or an empty fridge — others are invisible.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Goalscoring has not been a problem, but defensively Liverpool have become leaky and are conceding avoidable goals more frequently.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Unlike Cech, a leaky defence has left Onana exposed to more shots on goal.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And while Minnesota did pick up the pace offensively against the Sharks on Wednesday night, the team was leaky in its own zone in a matchup that, on paper, should not have been this close.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Goalscoring has not been a problem, but defensively Liverpool have become leaky and are conceding avoidable goals more frequently.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Unlike Cech, a leaky defence has left Onana exposed to more shots on goal.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And while Minnesota did pick up the pace offensively against the Sharks on Wednesday night, the team was leaky in its own zone in a matchup that, on paper, should not have been this close.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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