faltering
- doddering adj.
- doubtful adj.
- faint adj.
- faint adj.
- halting adj.
- hesitant adj.
- ill at ease adj.
- inarticulate adj.
- incoherent adj.
- indecisive adj.
- infirm adj.
- irregular adj.
- irresolute adj.
- lame adj.
- shaky adj.
- tentative adj.
- unresolved adj.
- vacillant adj.
- vacillatory adj.
- weakly adj.
- doubt n.
- hesitation n.
- indecisiveness n.
- irresoluteness n.
- irresolution n.
- oscillation n.
- scruple n.
- stammering n.
- stuttering n.
- tentativeness n.
- timidness n.
- to and fro n.
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The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
October has witnessed several crises: faltering confidence in the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom and chaos in the French bond market are chief among them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
This makes the recent fall in the markets more worrying - since households, already struggling from a weak job market, high inflation and faltering consumption, are now seeing their equity savings take a beating too.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“An abyss opened in our country,” Machado said, describing a surge of public anger at the faltering government response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
At that very instant the music changed, faltering into discord and winding down to a slow, wailing finish.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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