halting adj

1 disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, lame, game]

2 fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few broken words of sorrow"

English

Adjective

1. prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken

   his halting speech

   her halting steps

Verb

halting

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