Definition of "doddering" [doddering]

• Infirm, feeble, and often senile. (adjective)

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• "We shouldn't avoid the "doddering" issue for fear of inciting old people, just as we shouldn't avoid the Palin corruption and inexperience issue for fear of inciting women."
• "You would hardly suppose that a nation "doddering" to its doom would be so lively in producing ships in this manner?"
• "Others, again, seemed afflicted with what old Matthew Branthwaite called "doddering" and a fit of the "gapes.""