Synonyms for Floundering:

• adj.

  •awkward (adjective)
  • in-expert,
  • un-gainly,
  • un polished,
  • un-fit,
  • un-coordinated,
  • most butterfingers,
  • more blundering,
  • un-graceful,
  • un refined,
  • un graceful,
  • most blundering,
  • unhandier,
  • green,
  • un gainly,
  • more stumbling,
  • more butterfingers,
  • un-skillful,
  • un-polished,
  • un-handier,
  • un-refined,
  • un gainliest,
  • un-handy,
  • stumbling,
  • un-couth,
  • most floundering,
  • un handy,
  • more floundering,
  • un handier,
  • unhandiest,
  • un handiest,
  • un gainlier,
  • oafish,
  • un-gainliest,
  • in expert,
  • un fit,
  • most stumbling,
  • un-handiest,
  • un-skilled,
  • un coordinated,
  • un skilled,
  • un couth,
  • un-gainlier,
  • un skillful.
  •doddering (adjective)
  • most faltering,
  • un-steadier,
  • more anile,
  • in-firmest,
  • shaky,
  • unsteadiest,
  • most anile,
  • in-firm,
  • more dotard,
  • un-steadiest,
  • in firmest,
  • more faltering,
  • un steadier,
  • in-firmer,
  • un-steady,
  • most dotard,
  • in firmer,
  • un steady,
  • unsteady,
  • more trembling,
  • most trembling,
  • un steadiest.
  •incompetent (adjective)
  • most disqualified,
  • in effectual,
  • more unequipped,
  • out lunch,
  • in efficient,
  • inefficient,
  • in-competent,
  • more unproficient,
  • un-qualified,
  • un-equipped,
  • in-capable,
  • dis-qualified,
  • in-sufficient,
  • in experienced,
  • more unfitted,
  • bushleague,
  • in eligible,
  • un proficient,
  • in-experienced,
  • un initiated,
  • un adapted,
  • un equipped,
  • un trained,
  • most unequipped,
  • most unproficient,
  • un-fitted,
  • more disqualified,
  • in-efficient,
  • un-trained,
  • in capable,
  • in-adequate,
  • in competent,
  • most amateur,
  • in adequate,
  • un qualified,
  • most unfitted,
  • un-adapted,
  • more unadapted,
  • un-proficient,
  • un-initiated,
  • more amateur,
  • dis qualified,
  • most unadapted,
  • in-effectual,
  • incapable,
  • un fitted,
  • in-eligible.
  •klutzy (adjective)
  • lumpish.
  •lashing (adjective)
  • most beating,
  • more beating.
  •maladroit (adjective)
  • two left feet,
  • clunkiest,
  • heavyhanded,
  • clunkier,
  • clunky,
  • heavy handed.
  •purposeless (adjective)
  • un-directed,
  • un directed,
  • more undirected,
  • un helpful,
  • more motiveless,
  • most designless,
  • more good-for-nothing,
  • more drifting,
  • more purportless,
  • more unhelpful,
  • most unhelpful,
  • most drifting,
  • more unpurposed,
  • in discriminate,
  • most unpurposed,
  • un-helpful,
  • most good-for-nothing,
  • un necessary,
  • most goalless,
  • un planned,
  • un-planned,
  • un profitable,
  • good for nothing,
  • most good for nothing,
  • de-signless,
  • most purportless,
  • in-discriminate,
  • un-purposed,
  • un-necessary,
  • more good for nothing,
  • more designless,
  • most undirected,
  • uncalled for,
  • un-profitable,
  • more goalless,
  • most motiveless,
  • de signless,
  • un purposed.

• v.

  •failing (verb)
  • faltering,
  • Collapsing,
  • failing,
  • busting,
  • losing,
  • Flunking,
  • Flopping,
  • falling,
  • Blundering.

• Other synonyms:

  •embarrassed
  • ashamed.
  •Other relevant words:
  • wallow,
  • walk off with,
  • wavering,
  • Careening,
  • cumbersome,
  • Prancing,
  • Butting,
  • Soling,
  • Swagging,
  • inexpert,
  • staggering,
  • unskilful,
  • groping,
  • inapt,
  • unwieldy,
  • ineffectual,
  • tripping,
  • fumbling,
  • insufficient,
  • bungling,
  • agitating,
  • wiggling,
  • fluttering,
  • Muddling,
  • shiftless,
  • struggling,
  • Botching,
  • clumsy,
  • Flouncing,
  • unskilled,
  • walking,
  • ineffective,
  • wade,
  • inadequate,
  • Miring,
  • Cavorting,
  • hesitating,
  • Distributing,
  • artless,
  • Keeling,
  • Boggling,
  • lurching,
  • mess around,
  • mess about,
  • amateurish,
  • unable,
  • dancing,
  • Weltering,
  • wade through,
  • dabble,
  • Reeling,
  • tossing,
  • Waggling,
  • handless,
  • bitching,
  • gauche,
  • churning,
  • splash out,
  • Wallowing,
  • fidgeting,
  • gawky,
  • inept,
  • unqualified,
  • wobbling,
  • Stacking,
  • useless,
  • unfit.

Homophones for Floundering:

• fall under, flamethrower, flame tree.