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floun⋅der

1  [floun-der]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually fol. by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
2. to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
Origin:
1570–80; perh. b. flounce 1 and founder 2

Related forms:
floun⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. falter, waver, muddle.
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Word Origin & History

flounder  (v.)
1592, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), infl. by Du. flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion.
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