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disfluencies

disfluencies is the plural of disfluency.

Meaning of disfluency

Noun

disfluency (countable and uncountable, plural disfluencies)

  1. Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.
    • To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency.2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013

Phrases with disfluencies

Questions about disfluencies

What is disfluencies the plural of?
Disfluencies is the plural of disfluency.

Words near disfluencies in the dictionary

  1. disflavours
  2. disflesh
  3. disfleshed
  4. disfleshes
  5. disfleshing
  6. disfluencies
  7. disfluency
  8. disfluent
  9. disfluently
  10. disfoci
  11. disfocus

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