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6 days ago · 1. intransitive verb. If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely. What a pity that his career was left to flounder. Synonyms: falter, struggle, stall, slow down More Synonyms of flounder. 2. intransitive verb.
to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/about for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering. Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Jul 11, 2012 · Annie Murphy Paul. How To Be Brilliant. Why Floundering Is Good. Trying and failing leads to faster learning. Posted July 11, 2012. Call it the “learning paradox”: the more you struggle and even...
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to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering. Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/about for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering. Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering.
1. [ floun -der ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used without object) to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job. Synonyms: muddle, waver, falter.
‘I’m sorry, ’ she floundered helplessly. 2 to have a lot of problems and be likely to fail completely More and more firms are floundering because of the recession. 3 [ always + adverb/preposition] to be unable to move easily because you are in deep water or mud, or cannot see very well They were floundering chest-deep in the freezing water. flou...
