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- flounder verb [ I ] uk / ˈflaʊn.də r/ us / ˈflaʊn.dɚ / to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next:
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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/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
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verb [ I ] uk / ˈflaʊn.də r/ us / ˈflaʊn.dɚ /. to experience...
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floundering definicja: 1. present participle of flounder 2....
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Floundering definition: struggling, especially clumsily or helplessly. See examples of FLOUNDERING used in a sentence.
The meaning of FLOUNDER is flatfish; especially : any of various marine fishes (families Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Bothidae) that include important food fishes. How to use flounder in a sentence.
floundering. Flounder definition: to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.). See examples of FLOUNDER used in a sentence.
1. to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud. 2. to behave awkwardly; make mistakes. n. the act of floundering. [C16: probably a blend of founder 2 + blunder; perhaps influenced by flounder 2] Usage: Flounder is sometimes wrongly used where founder is meant: the project foundered (not floundered) because of a lack of funds. flounder.