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[ verb ] be unsure or weak

Synonyms

waver

Examples

"Their enthusiasm is faltering"

Used in print

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

Vocational training which holds no hope that the skill developed will be in_fact a marketable skill becomes just another school `` chore '' for those whose interest in their studies has begun to falter .

Related terms

hesitate waverer

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[ verb ] move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Synonyms

waver

Used in print

(Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)

Any organism that falters or misperceives the signals or weakens is done .

Related terms

move waver

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[ verb ] speak haltingly

Examples

"The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

His speech faltered .

4
[ verb ] walk unsteadily

Synonyms

stumble bumble

Examples

"The drunk man stumbled about"

Related terms

walk lurch

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[ verb ] speak haltingly

Related terms

talk

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30450
7
[ noun ] the act of pausing uncertainly

Examples

"there was a hesitation in his speech"

Related terms

pause hesitate

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