: marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
spoke in a halting manner
Examples of halting in a Sentence
She answered in a halting voice.
The baby took a few halting steps.
Progress in the negotiations has been halting.
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What decision-makers ultimately seek is optionality — the ability to adapt without friction, without major cost, and without halting operations.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Given the halting and slow-moving efforts to regulate AI at the federal level, critics of the executive order view it as an attempt to block all meaningful regulation on AI.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
The only clips now available on the channel are its 29-second promotion vid, which includes female stars like Chloe Kelly and Leah Williamson, alongside male sportsmen including Bukayo Saka and Rory McIlroy, and its statement saying the channel would be halting activity.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
Much of that work is focused on halting shipments of cocaine, most of which is produced in the jungles of Colombia.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Given the halting and slow-moving efforts to regulate AI at the federal level, critics of the executive order view it as an attempt to block all meaningful regulation on AI.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
The only clips now available on the channel are its 29-second promotion vid, which includes female stars like Chloe Kelly and Leah Williamson, alongside male sportsmen including Bukayo Saka and Rory McIlroy, and its statement saying the channel would be halting activity.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
Much of that work is focused on halting shipments of cocaine, most of which is produced in the jungles of Colombia.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Halting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halting. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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halting
adjective
halt·ing
ˈhȯl-tiŋ 
: being unsure or hesitant
spoke in a halting manner
haltingly
adverb
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