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LEAKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leakiness mean?
• LEAKINESS (noun)
The noun LEAKINESS has 1 sense:
1. the condition of permitting leaks or leakage
Familiarity information: LEAKINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of permitting leaks or leakage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use
Hypernyms ("leakiness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
leaky (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases)
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