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

• haltingly adverb
• haltingness noun
• 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

But the development of Meta’s AI language models that underpin this strategy has been halting.

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In a chaotic scene captured by news helicopters, protesters sat down on the freeway in December 2013, halting traffic just south of the four-level interchange.

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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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