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flounderish

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From flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish.

adjective more flounderish · most flounderish

  1. that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles The readers were expecting things to be a little more direct, and so they're probably feeling a bit flounderish.
  2. figuratively (of a speech) moving from topic to topic, not focused I had a big flounderish diatribe written up, but this isn't the place for it.

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"flounderish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flounderish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flounderish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flounderish

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"flounderish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flounderish.

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@misc{flounderish_2026,
  title = {flounderish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flounderish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}