Flounder and Founder

Flounder and Founder Flounder and Founder Flounder and Founder By Maeve Maddox Jim Eggensperger asks: Have you done flounder and founder recently? As nouns, a flounder is a fish and a founder is someone who establishes something. Founder is also a disease of the horses foot known as laminitis. This post is about flounder and founder as verbs. flounder: to struggle violently and clumsily founder: of a building, to fall down; of a horse, to stumble, collapse, fall helplessly to the ground; of a vessel, to fill with water and sink Both words are commonly used in a figurative sense. People who are uncertain of their purpose, or ill-prepared are said to flounder. Floundering freshmen a concern they put up huge efforts against top teams but then flounder against the bottom-dwellers. theyve [Homeland Security] had all this time to get their act together and all they do is flounder. A business or other enterprise that fails is said to founder. Is Intellectual Ventures Foundering? Foundering Healthcare Reform Legislation, Torpedoed by Senate Election Chris Dalys Progressive Primary foundering Sometimes the meanings seem to overlap. For example, a company that lacks leadership may be both floundering and foundering. The choice of words in the following examples leaves one wondering. Is Democracy Floundering? Modern social state is floundering Floundering in Afghanistan Lou Piniella Accomplishes Little for a Floundering Franchise Is Microsoft Floundering with Steve Ballmer at the Helm? The following examples definitely call for foundering: Caprica on Syfy Is Floundering In The Ratings (the ratings are falling) Floundering El Nià ±os Make for Fickle Forecasts (theyre becoming weaker) Floundering New Mexico Film Museum to shut (its out of money) Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:12 Greek Words You Should KnowWhen to Form a Plural with an Apostrophe50 Words with Alternative Spellings