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LEAKINESS
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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)