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adjective

Definition of flounderingnext
as in failing

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floundering

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verb

present participle of flounder
1
as in struggling
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number

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2
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck

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