poor drainage
Water won't leave
Poor drainage describes inadequate water removal from soil, land, or structures.
In landscaping and agriculture, poor drainage means water pools or saturates the ground rather than flowing away or percolating through: The yard's poor drainage killed the fruit trees.
In medicine, poor drainage refers to inadequate removal of fluids from wounds or body cavities.
The phrase often appears in home inspections and real estate: The basement floods because of poor drainage around the foundation.
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
- puddlesSmall collected water pools
- standing waterAccumulated unmoving liquid
- swampyWaterlogged and soft
wet feet · saturated · muddy · flooded · water table · stagnant · clogged · marshy · boggy · muck · dampness · seepage · runoff · erosion · mosquitoes · mildew · root rot · rot
- construction mistakescracks, leaks, mold, rot, sagging
- Gardening Mistakesoverwatering, underwatering, overfertilizing, crowding, overcrowding
- Growing Conditionssunlight, moisture, soil, climate, shade
- irrigation problemsclogging, leaks, overwatering, underwatering, pump failure
- plant problemsroot rot, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, wilting, yellow leaves
- soil degradationsoil erosion, soil depletion, nutrient depletion, desertification, salinization
poor, poorly, poorer, poorest, poorness, impoverish, impoverished, impoverishment, poverty