Floundering
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verb.
Present participle of
flounder
.
Word Usage
"His attorneys claimed the FBI tipped the media to searches of Hatfill's home to deflect attention from what they characterize as a floundering anthrax investigation and violated Hatfill's privacy with 24-hour surveillance and wire taps."
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
foundering
verb-stem
flounder