halting

adj, noun — 2 senses

halting

adj

1

Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

his halting speech
her halting steps

1 more example

Him we enlisted at Para, on the recommendation of the steamship company, on whose vessels he had learned to speak a halting English.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Derived terms: haltingly, haltingness, halting problem, halting site, nonhalting, unhalting

halting

noun

1

The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.

But alas ! alas ! the faintings, the haltings, the back-slidings of Christians, are enough to make us tremble while we rejoice in the hope set before us.1841, George Mogridge, Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey, page 167:

Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess

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