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verb (used without object)
1.
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed 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.
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Floundering
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- For the moment, though, his opponents are floundering.
- With so many people out of work, bold and creative ideas are needed to revive floundering economies.
- The ripple effects of the floundering stock market and the poor economy are finally hitting home in college fund raising, a new.
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