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Definition of “leaky”

leaky (ˈliːkɪ Pronunciation for leaky

Definitions

adjective

Word forms:  leakier, leakiest
  1. leaking or tending to leak

Derived Forms

ˈleakiness noun

Synonyms

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= leaking, split, cracked, punctured, porous, waterlogged, perforated, holey, not watertight

Example Sentences Including 'leaky'

Especially Rome remains in many ways Europe's leaky old bastion of commandments and faith.
Irma Kurtz THEN AGAIN: Travels in search of my younger self (2003)
Here was a ground that never knew windswept terraces of leaky shed roofs.
Sun, News of the World (2005)
If The Pattern have spent most of their career to date playing basements with leaky pipes and no PA, it only keeps their kinetic.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)
It would have been all over if your intelligence services weren't as leaky as sieves.
Brandon, Ruth Left, Right and Centre
John Ward, the Bristol City manager, is confident he has plugged the gaps in his leaky defence ahead of the trip to struggling Tranmere.
Independent (1998)
Most leaky buildings in New Zealand have a seamless plaster finish.
New Zealand Herald (2003)
Some builders and architects are also losing cover for leaky buildings.
New Zealand Herald (2003)
The usual terrible dreams attended him, their force orchestrated by an irregular drip from a leaky showerhead in the bathroom.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life
had passed us by, but it would seem the main problem was a leaky spleen all along.
Dobbs, Michael The Touch of Innocents

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