🔄 Synonyms of "Foundering"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| going under | "Going Under" is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album, Fallen. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| going under | "Going Under" is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album, Fallen. |
| flounderingnoun | The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle. |
| sinking shipnoun | (idiomatic) Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster. |
| underminingnoun | The act or process by which something is undermined. |
| foilingnoun | The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success. |
| strandingnoun | The act or occasion by which somebody or something is stranded. |
| shipbreach | — |
| fiasconoun | A sudden or unexpected failure. |
| stallingnoun | The act of a person or thing that stalls. |
| faceplantnoun | (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error. |
| failverb | (intransitive) To be unsuccessful. |
| backfiringnoun | The occurrence of a backfire. |
| ruinationnoun | The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction. |
| ruiningverb | The act or process by which something is ruined. |
| baffling | Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering. |
| misfetchverb | (computing) To fetch the wrong block of code or instruction. |
| floaternoun | A person who floats. |
| stumbling | The motion of one who stumbles. |
| flag-hoppingnoun | (nautical) The unethical practice of registering a vessel under a series of different flags of convenience so as to circumvent regulations etc. |
| foul-upnoun | A disastrous mistake. |
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