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DISFLUENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disfluency mean?
• DISFLUENCY (noun)
The noun DISFLUENCY has 1 sense:
1. lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
Familiarity information: DISFLUENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("disfluency" is a kind of...):
unskillfulness (a lack of cognitive skill)
Antonym:
fluency (skillfulness in speaking or writing)
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