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  • adjective Not fluent.

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non- +‎ fluent

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Examples

  • He noted that there is a period in the lives of all children when they become ‘nonfluent’ and are unable to say what they want to say without stammering.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • He noted that there is a period in the lives of all children when they become ‘nonfluent’ and are unable to say what they want to say without stammering.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • There are three recognized subtypes of FTLD: a behavioral subtype called frontotemporal dementia and two language subtypes, called progressive nonfluent aphasia and semantic dementia.

    Penn State Live 2010

  • There are three recognized subtypes of FTLD: a behavioral subtype called frontotemporal dementia and two language subtypes, called progressive nonfluent aphasia and semantic dementia.

    Penn State Live 2010

  • There are three recognized subtypes of FTLD: a behavioral subtype called frontotemporal dementia and two language subtypes, called progressive nonfluent aphasia and semantic dementia.

    Penn State Live 2010

  • There are three recognized subtypes of FTLD: a behavioral subtype called frontotemporal dementia and two language subtypes, called progressive nonfluent aphasia and semantic dementia.

    Penn State Live 2010

  • Boeve BF, Dickson D, Duffy J, Bartleson J, Trenerry M, et al. (2003) Progressive nonfluent aphasia and subsequent aphasic dementia associated with atypical progressive supranuclear palsy pathology.

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles 2009

  • In Broca's aphasia the speech is nonfluent; it often appears laboured with any interruptions and pauses.

    British Blogs 2009

  • The clinician’s initial assessment of the patient’s speech is to determine whether it is fluent or nonfluent, labored or nonlabored.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

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