ALL meanings of floundered
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F f - noun floundered Simple past tense and past participle of flounder. 1
- verb without object floundered to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. 1
- verb without object floundered to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job. 1