"flounderish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more flounderish [comparative], most flounderish [superlative]
Etymology: flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flounder|ish|t1=act clumsily (verb)}} flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} flounderish (comparative more flounderish, superlative most flounderish)
  1. that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles
    Sense id: en-flounderish-en-adj-LCksI0x7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 69 31
  2. (figurative) (of a speech) moving from topic to topic, not focused Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-flounderish-en-adj-lSqc4ZRj

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