disfluency
Lack of fluency in speechLack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.
» I think disfluencies are easy to ignore to the point of most people failing to commit them to memory.
Думаю, речевые огрехи так легко пропускать мимо ушей, что большинство людей их не запоминает вовсе.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.
- lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
Examples
1 sentencesI think disfluencies are easy to ignore to the point of most people failing to commit them to memory.
ruДумаю, речевые огрехи так легко пропускать мимо ушей, что большинство людей их не запоминает вовсе. — Ooneykcall
Origin
From dis- + fluency.From dis- + fluency.
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Forms
plural: disfluenciesAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable