disfluencies

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A form of disfluency — Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of disfluency
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APA

disfluencies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfluencies

MLA

“disfluencies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfluencies. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disfluencies,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfluencies.

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