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floundering

adjective more floundering · most floundering

  1. That flounders.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of flounder

noun flounderings

  1. The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle. Just as with other recent reports by various bodies on HS2 and the ticket office closures, the National Audit Office's effort on the rail reform process is a devastating exposé of the failings and floundering of a dying administration that has failed to understand the value of having an efficient ra

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@misc{floundering_2026,
  title = {floundering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floundering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}