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faltering

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
falter /ˈfɔːltə, ˈfɒl-/

▶verb lose strength or momentum.

■ move or speak hesitantly.

– derivatives
falterer noun,
faltering adjective,
falteringly adverb.

– origin ME: perh. from fold1 (which was occasionally used of the faltering of the legs or tongue) + -ter as in totter.

'faltering' also found in these Oxford entries:

falter - steady - unfaltering

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