Halting

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of halt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

    "his halting speech"

Adjective
  1. 1
    fragmentary or halting from emotional strain wordnet
  2. 2
    disabled in the feet or legs wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
brokencrippledambidextrousamblingawkwardbad

Example

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"Halting the decline of the planet's ecosystems may be the most difficult challenge humanity has ever faced."

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