disfluency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪsflʊənsi/ /dɪsˈfluːənsi/

Word forms

disfluency disfluencies dysfluency

Etymology

From dis- + fluency.

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