LEAKINESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of permitting leaks or leakage

Example:

the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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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