halting

About 1.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

   his halting speech

2. verb present participle and gerund of halt
3. noun The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.

Similar words

crippled lame unfit broken hesitant disrupting disruption slowing pausing interruption

Often followed by

the and at place of in for to problem

Word family

haltingly