leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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In her 40s, she was diagnosed with a leaky mitral valve.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 June 2025
Playing behind a leaky offensive line last season, Maye was dogged by relentless pressure.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
There were leaky pipes, where students in a line passed a PVC pipe filled with water over their heads.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 June 2025
Like one’s fingers after using a leaky pen - INKY
Not a bad puzzle today with some interesting clues and not a whole lot of tricks or twists or turns.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 June 2025
Playing behind a leaky offensive line last season, Maye was dogged by relentless pressure.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
There were leaky pipes, where students in a line passed a PVC pipe filled with water over their heads.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 June 2025
Like one’s fingers after using a leaky pen - INKY
Not a bad puzzle today with some interesting clues and not a whole lot of tricks or twists or turns.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 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 20 Jun. 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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