What does "disfluency" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "disfluency"?

Common synonyms include: falterings, filler, hes, hesitance, hesitate, hesitation.

Pronounced //ˈdɪsflʊənsi//.

/ˈdɪsflʊənsi/ noun

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Noun

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
lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing wordnet

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

From dis- + fluency.