nonleaker

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noun

One who, or that which, does not leak.

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Meanings

nounnonleaker (plural nonleakers)

plural nonleakers

  1. One who, or that which, does not leak.

    […] praising someone as a nonleaker is an ancient journalistic device to protect sources.

    1975, New York Magazine, volume 8, number 39, page 8
    1 more example

    The team decided on a group comparison with eight leakers and eight nonleakers. They selected eight trucks that had failed the leak test with an upper ditch leak. Obtaining trucks that did not leak was more difficult […]

    2005, Stefan H. Steiner, R. Jock MacKay, Statistical Engineering

Origin

From non- + leaker.

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APA

nonleaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonleaker

MLA

“nonleaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonleaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonleaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonleaker.

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