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halting
[ hawl-ting ]
adjective
- faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- faulty or imperfect.
- limping or lame:
a halting gait.
halting
/ ˈɔːɪŋ /
adjective
- hesitant
halting speech
- lame
Derived Forms
- ˈپԲԱ, noun
- ˈپԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- iԲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·iԲ adjective
- un·iԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
“There are some areas of progress, but it seems very halting,” Kaufman said, who loves the area and believes it deserves better.
Her halting initial response to the fires triggered fierce criticism, and she sparred with her then fire chief and her own recovery czar.
The company said that it was temporarily halting production at some plants in Mexico and Canada because of the tariff uncertainty.
"The EIS again offers the university the opportunity to bring this dispute to an end by halting its programme of cuts and ruling out compulsory redundancies."
John’s halting efforts to march his ungainliness into a chaotic world mimic those of anyone who grew accustomed to ordered solitude or preferred it in the first place.
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