leaky
IPA: ɫˈiki
adjective
- Having leaks; not fully sealed.
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Examples of "leaky" in Sentences
- The building had a leaky ceiling.
- Is the leaky dam in danger of breaking
- The implementation is leaky, not the abstraction.
- The fundamental failure was caused by the leaky roof.
- Because the jug was leaky they would forever try to fill the tub.
- If the part is leaky, helium will be able to penetrate the device.
- Because the jug was leaky, they would forever try to fill the tub.
- The cause of the explosion was a leaky and poorly repaired steam boiler.
- Mr. Leaky confronts the team with insurance lawyers to assess the damage.
- Leaky modes correspond to leaky rays in the terminology of geometric optics.
- He does have moments a fear while living in what he describes as a leaky spacesuit.
- All these produce what is called a leaky gut otherwise known as altered intestinal permeability.
- Cities and towns shouldn't have to worry that the water lost in leaky pipes will mean ongoing shortages or usage restrictions.
- But somewhere around the post-doc to professional scientist level, something happens which studies refer to as the "leaky pipeline."
- The reality was decaying, dingy cities where underfed people shuffled to and fro in leaky shoes, in patched-up nineteenth-century houses that smelt always of cabbage and bad lavatories.
- You know, it's interesting to note that Secretary Clinton used the word leaky to describe past U.N. sanctions, obviously referring to the fact that they have not always been as effective as they were hoping they could be.
- "If you call a leaky old ferryboat with the weather so damp that you can't touch the rail without feeling as if you have had a dip in the briny -- if that's what you call romantic, then give me a good open fire and plenty of chicken bones to gnaw."