halting

[hawl-ting]

adjective

1. faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.

2. faulty or imperfect.

3. limping or lame.

   a halting gait.

halting

/ ˈhɔːltɪŋ /

adjective

1. hesitant

   halting speech

2. lame

Other Word Forms

• haltingness noun
• haltingly adverb
• unhalting adjective
• unhaltingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of halting¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; halt ², -ing ²

Example Sentences

Experts believe the targeted immunotherapy treatment could "transform" lives by slowing or even halting progression of the disease.

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Still, it’s Delbis’ Don, with his halting speech and flimsy grasp of the stakes, who really breaks your heart.

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Mr. Robbins’s Boy is riddled with nerves as they make halting conversation.

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Tang steadily tosses in new details as the story unfolds, halting at every square on the sidewalk to ask relevant parties what they would do.

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Colombia hit back by halting arms purchases from the United States, until then its biggest military partner.

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