leak´i|ness

leak´i|ness
leak|y «LEE kee», adjective, leak|i|er, leak|i|est.
having a leak or leaks; full of leaks; leaking: »

The ship was leaky and very much disabled (Daniel Defoe).

leak´i|ness, noun.

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