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Disfluency

//ˈdɪsflʊənsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech. countable, uncountable

    "To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency."

  2. 2
    lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing wordnet

Etymology

From dis- + fluency.

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