flounder
/ˈflaʊndər/ verb [I]Definition
› to have serious financial or economic problems: Stock markets all over the world are floundering due to the current recession. In spite of a slight increase in exports, the economy continues to flounder.
floundering adjective [before noun] › a floundering stock market/economy/business(Definition of flounder verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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