sievelike
Riddled with openings
Sievelike describes something with many small holes or openings, like a sieve—the mesh kitchen tool used for straining or sifting.
The word often emphasizes porousness or an inability to retain things: a sievelike memory, The defense was sievelike, allowing goal after goal.
Allowing substances through
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
- meshInterlocking open weave
- holeyHaving many openings
- pittedSeed removed, or opposed
latticed · fenestrated · breathable · leaky · spongy · riddled · punctured · netlike
Exerting intense effort
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- separatingDividing into parts
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- screeningEvaluative selection process
catching · trapping · retaining · passing · leaching · percolating · extracting · clarifying
Failing to retain information
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- porousAllowing passage of fluids
- permeableAllowing substances through
penetrable · unsealed · drafty · gappy · faulty · defective · compromised · unsound
Failing to retain information
- scatterbrainedLacking mental focus
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- leakyAllowing unwanted seepage
faulty · hazy · foggy · patchy · selective · spotty · failing · slipping
permeable
Allowing substances through
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
- meshInterlocking open weave
- holeyHaving many openings
pitted · latticed · fenestrated · breathable · leaky · spongy · riddled · punctured · netlike · webbed
straining
Exerting intense effort
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- separatingDividing into parts
- siftingSeparating by particle size
screening · catching · trapping · retaining · passing · leaching · percolating · extracting · clarifying · decanting
forgetful
Failing to retain information
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- porousAllowing passage of fluids
permeable · penetrable · unsealed · drafty · gappy · faulty · defective · compromised · unsound · flawed
forgetful
Failing to retain information
- scatterbrainedLacking mental focus
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- unreliableNot consistently performing
leaky · faulty · hazy · foggy · patchy · selective · spotty · failing · slipping · blank