latter part of animate life (noun) old age: period of being elderly
Sinonime: awkward, bumbling, claudicant,
clumsy,
doubtful, faltering, gauche,
imperfect,
indecisive,
inept,
irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering,
maladroit,
slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering,
tentative,
uncertain, unhandy,
vacillating, vacillatory,
wavering, wooden
Antonime: flowing,
smooth, unhesitating