Meaning & use
Doddering
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Shaky, feeble, or unsteady, especially due to old age; moving in a trembling manner.
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The doddering old man leaned heavily on his cane.
She portrayed a doddering professor in the school play.
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Often used somewhat unkindly to describe elderly frailty.
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