to falter

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unsteadiness
{v} to stammer, hesitate, fail
If you falter, you lose your confidence and stop doing something or start making mistakes. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future
To hesitate in purpose or action
To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley
To stammer
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice
To stumble
the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering
speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
If something falters, it loses power or strength in an uneven way, or no longer makes much progress. Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering
{f} hesitate; stammer; stumble; sway, totter, be unstable
be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
To waver or be unsteady
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner
To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady
walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
to falter

    Silbentrennung

    to fal·ter

    Türkische aussprache

    tı fôltır

    Aussprache

    /tə ˈfôltər/ /tə ˈfɔːltɜr/

    Etymologie

    [ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.
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