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Porous Defense Crossword Clue

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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

verb

• examine in order to test suitability

• check and sort carefully

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• distinguish and separate out

38%6 Stats for a porous defense
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• inadvertent incorrectness

• a misconception resulting from incorrect information

• (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

• departure from what is ethically acceptable

• (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

• part of a statement that is not correct

24%7 Thick soft porous cake — attractive person
noun

• a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle

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