doddering

The United Nations is doddering along, fragile and tired, requiring more efficiency and effectiveness to perform its tasks.
L'ONU avance d'un pas hésitant, elle est fragile et lasse, et requiert une efficacité et une productivité accrues dans l'accomplissement de ses tâches.
The front door was open, so we rushed in and hurried from room to room to the amazement of a doddering old manservant, who met us in the passage.
La porte d’entrée était ouverte. Nous nous ruâmes à l’intérieur, courant d’une chambre à l’autre, au grand étonnement d’un vieux domestique que nous rencontrâmes dans le corridor.
My grandfather is not so old, but he's doddering already.
Mon grand-père n'est pas si vieux, mais il radote déjà.
I'm not a doddering old lady yet.
Je ne suis pas encore une vieille gâteuse.
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