leaky

[ US /ˈɫiki/ ]
[ UK /lˈiːki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
    a leaky roof
    a leaky defense system
  2. prone to communicate confidential information
  3. used informally; unable to retain urine
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How To Use leaky In A Sentence

  • It could start with a leaky eavestrough that ices up somebody else's walkway. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • With water all around me I had little choice but to sit under a leaky tarpaulin beside chain-smokers and crying children, only now and then getting a glimpse up into the vast forests I was entering.
  • Dozens of folk had leaky roofs fixed or heating installed without knowing who their benefactor was. Times, Sunday Times
  • Translation: Are there leaky faucets, shaky headboards, running toilets and creaky floors?
  • This paper presents a dominant - mode microstrip leaky - wave antenna.
  • People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
  • A leaky valve and a tight schedule are causing NASA some headaches.
  • By adopting the fair queuing instead of traditional FCFS service discipline, the router is able to isolate and protect leaky-bucket controlled network connections.
  • The repairs should take two to three weeks, and include installing new air conditioning, new plumbing and repairing a leaky roof.
  • The worst category was found to be two-bedroom properties, mostly flats, in which the average number of faults, such as draughty windows, leaky showers and shoddy electrics, was double that in England and Wales.
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