faltering

• faultering (archaic)

From falter +‎ -ing.

faltering (comparative more faltering, superlative most faltering)

1. hesitant, halting

faltering

1. present participle and gerund of falter

faltering (plural falterings)

1. hesitancy
   • 2009 March 29, Barry Unsworth, “Never Far From Despair”, in New York Times‎:

     But it is the doubt thrown on the prospect of arrival, the falterings of purpose and belief, the renewals of hope that give the novel its drive and energy.

• afterling, felt grain, reflating