speech impediment

noun

: a condition that makes it difficult to speak normally

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Messages from people who had been through something similar, or had a speech impediment or were just fighting cancer started flooding in. Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025 And the one who had a slight speech impediment, which was a lisp. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025 His upbringing left him with a speech impediment and an unyielding desire to make something of his life. airmail.news, 31 Aug. 2024 Alice and Leonard first crossed paths in September 1921, when 18-year-old Leonard was enrolled at an inpatient clinic in Stamford, Connecticut, to undergo treatment for a speech impediment and shyness. Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for speech impediment

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“Speech impediment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speech%20impediment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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