falterers
Those who stumble
Falterers are those who waver, stumble, or lose resolve.
The word applies to people whose commitment or movement becomes unsteady: The falterers in the group slowed everyone's progress.
It can describe physical stumbling or, more often, hesitation in purpose or conviction: While others pushed forward, the falterers hung back.
People unable to commit
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- hesitatorsPeople who delay deciding
- vacillatorsThose unable to commit
- ditherersThose who hesitate endlessly
wafflers · second-guessers · fence-sitters · oscillators · equivocators · procrastinators · stumblers · backsliders
Those who trip mid-step
- trippersThose on outings
- wobblersThings that rock unsteadily
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
shufflers · limpers · stragglers · laggards · weakeners · tiring · exhausted · flagging
Those achieving below potential
- strugglersThose facing difficulties
- slippersSoft indoor footwear
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- weakeningBecoming less strong
flagging · fading · slumping · stumbling · backsliders · losers · disappointers · chokers
Those with disfluent speech
- stutterersThose with disfluent speech
- mumblersPeople speaking unclearly
- hesitatersPeople who pause uncertainly
- haltingMarked by hesitation
tongue-tied · fumbling · garbled · broken · choppy · incoherent · inarticulate · spluttering
waverers
People unable to commit
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- hesitatorsPeople who delay deciding
- vacillatorsThose unable to commit
ditherers · wafflers · second-guessers · fence-sitters · oscillators · equivocators · procrastinators · stumblers · backsliders · quitters
stumblers
Those who trip mid-step
- trippersThose on outings
- wobblersThings that rock unsteadily
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
unsteady · shufflers · limpers · stragglers · laggards · weakeners · tiring · exhausted · flagging · stumbling
underperformers
Those achieving below potential
- strugglersThose facing difficulties
- slippersSoft indoor footwear
- decliningDecreasing in strength
weakening · flagging · fading · slumping · stumbling · backsliders · losers · disappointers · chokers · crumblers
stammerers
Those with disfluent speech
- stutterersThose with disfluent speech
- mumblersPeople speaking unclearly
- hesitatersPeople who pause uncertainly
halting · tongue-tied · fumbling · garbled · broken · choppy · incoherent · inarticulate · spluttering · stumbling