leakiness

• “The story of her several sailings, her "leakiness," her final return, and her abandonment as unseaworthy, is familiar.”

  The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete

• “To this straining, Arber wholly ascribes the "leakiness" of the SPEEDWELL and the delay in the final departure of the MAYFLOWER, to which last he attributes the disastrous results he specifies.”

  The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete

• “leakiness" with respect to the cycling of nutrients held in the soil-vegetation complex, although systems such as irrigated rice paddies, permanent tree crops and forests are inherently more sustainable than others.”

  1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues.

• “But, that leakiness is dangerous for some individuals.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Failed Lilly Drug Prompts Concern

• “This predisposing leakiness can be found in close relatives of patients with Crohn's diseases, suggesting that it precedes the development of inflammation.”

  The Huffington Post: Leo Galland, M.D.: Do You Have Leaky Gut Syndrome?

• “The context of this post was very clearly all the press chatter we're hearing about the Obama operation's new leakiness.”

  Strategic Leaks Versus Unplanned Leaks

• “And there's a lot leakiness going on: For every $100 a tourist from a developed nation spends in a developing nation, only $5 only stays in the local economy, according to this United Nations Environmental Programme analysis of the economic impact of tourism.”

  Alison Stein Wellner: Will Your Vacation Destroy Your Destination?

• “Human actions at all scales required to feed the current world population have increased the “leakiness” of ecosystems with respect to nutrients.”

  Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports

• “Alcohol dehydrates the skin and increases the leakiness of capillaries, so more water moves from the bloodstream into soft tissues.”

  Simon & Schuster: You Being Beautiful

• “Sure, the water heater closet is outside the house and its leakiness makes no never mind to me—unless it would cause his closet floor my closet ceiling to collapse.”

  oh, and my kitchen is flooded

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