to falter
48
4.9
- verb
- /ˈfɔltər/
:
flaquear
- Like Turkey, Morocco faced a faltering economy, and, in particular, a foreign-exchange crisis in the early 1980s.
- the economy faltered
- begin to falter
- seriously falter
We're not going to falter, we're not going to fail.
- We're not going to falter, we're not going to fail.
- Both of those stocks suffer if the consumer falters, which they kind of have been.
- If margins falter, the stock will falter.
- And, you know, and you don't falter from that path.
- The media, you know, they attack if Charlie falters and doesn't necessarily live up to the expectations.
- But government programs will continue to falter.
- She is because she's there's many, you know, women who they don't falter in their political beliefs.
- So what I recognize is that as I start to falter, I have a harder time engaging and going.
- So if he falters here, it could be profoundly devastating for him.
- And if your actions are misaligned with your words, then you faltered.
- It can err on the side or falter when it goes into a kind of cynical view of life.
- We, we're built to, to falter.
- What we're about to talk about is when attention works and when attention falters.
- There's a deep heritage and connection between these people, and he's seen that falter and dissolve, and he doesn't like it.
- If we should falter in the future in our will to use it, millions now living will surely die.
Examples
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And we cannot and will not falter now because aid to Ukraine is an investment in our own collective security.
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We will not tire, we will not falter... ...and we will not fail in our quest to defeat those who intend to do us harm... ...through acts of terror.
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We're not going to falter, we're not going to fail.
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I will not falter in the face of our enemies.
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What makes me carry on when others falter.
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If any one of these three drivers of pension health is a mess, then the pension may falter or fail.
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However, graduate environmental programs are said to be faltering a bit for lack of sufficient federal funding.
Academic text (1993) -
As those countries' economic management faltered and debt grew, however, this trend became unsustainable.
Academic text (2001) -
And all the while, the planet warms, inequality grows, democracies falter, and the next pandemic looms.
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Despite her nerves, she did not falter during the presentation and delivered her speech confidently.
Synonyms
305
2.8
To make people and things less strong or effective
105
3.2
Become weaker or less able over time
52
5.7
To show doubt when making a decision
48
6.4
To become less in size, amount, or strength
32
7.2
To become weak and lose energy because of neglect or sadness
Antonyms
How Firm
62
3.7
22
3.7
318
2.5
52
5.7
48
4.9
177
3.4
579
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Falter brings to mind the word fall; imagine your confidence beginning to 'fall' away. So, when someone falters, they lose strength or become less certain.