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porous

adjective as in having holes; absorbent

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While the defence looked in good nick against New Zealand, it was markedly porous against the Wallabies.

From BBC

President Boko said it was a challenge when thousands of Zimbabweans entered Botswana through the long and porous border between the two countries.

From BBC

Its porous design increases its surface area, which means more places to hold onto CO2 molecules.

They have a favorable matchup against a porous Arizona defense that has a versatile play-maker in safety Budda Baker, but ranks 29th in yards rushing allowed per game.

His involvement snowballed and Mr Diriye soon found himself navigating from the porous frontier with Ethiopia through Somalia’s rural hinterlands.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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