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halting

[ hawl-ting ]

adjective

  1. faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
  2. faulty or imperfect.
  3. limping or lame:

    a halting gait.



halting

/ ˈɔːɪŋ /

adjective

  1. hesitant

    halting speech

  2. lame
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹱پԲԱ, noun
  • ˈ󲹱پԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹱iԲ· adverb
  • 󲹱iԲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·󲹱iԲ adjective
  • un·󲹱iԲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of halting1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; halt 2, -ing 2
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“There are some areas of progress, but it seems very halting,” Kaufman said, who loves the area and believes it deserves better.

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Her halting initial response to the fires triggered fierce criticism, and she sparred with her then fire chief and her own recovery czar.

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The company said that it was temporarily halting production at some plants in Mexico and Canada because of the tariff uncertainty.

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"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."

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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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