: 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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The headline asks the world to protect 30 percent of land and oceans by 2030, while cutting pollution and halting habitat loss.
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William Jones, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Cloture Rule in 1917, requiring a two-thirds majority vote to pass legislation and prevent prolonged speeches from halting debate.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Three commissioners rejected a design review agreement, with one person abstaining from the vote, halting progress on the apartment complex.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
If Max goes down because an update is buggy, servers break, or someone launches a cyberattack, the app could be offline for some period—in this case, potentially halting millions of bank payments, messages, and identity-verification attempts through the app.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
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William Jones, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Cloture Rule in 1917, requiring a two-thirds majority vote to pass legislation and prevent prolonged speeches from halting debate.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Three commissioners rejected a design review agreement, with one person abstaining from the vote, halting progress on the apartment complex.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
If Max goes down because an update is buggy, servers break, or someone launches a cyberattack, the app could be offline for some period—in this case, potentially halting millions of bank payments, messages, and identity-verification attempts through the app.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Halting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halting. Accessed 13 Nov. 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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