Foundering

Word FOUNDERING
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Definitions and meanings of "Foundering"

What do we mean by foundering?

Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.

To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

To fail; to miscarry.

To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.

To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

From the hills in Norn Iron we say that Foundered means we are cold. Urban Dictionary

(Verb) A phrase that was popular during the 20th century that means to be tired of or burn out on. Urban Dictionary

The foolish assumption that some founders of some companies and organizations have that leads them to believe that they have special privileges to make decisions that don't make good business sense. Urban Dictionary

When a founder retains disproportionate control in a startup past the time they are qualified to, leading to management problems: -The organization is strongly identified with the founder. -Staff meetings are held generally to rally the troops. -Typically, there is little organizational infrastructure in place, and what is there is not used correctly. -There is no succession plan. -Key staff are typically selected by the founder and are often colleagues of the founder. -Staff may be chosen due to their personal loyalty rather than skills or experience. -Professionally trained and talented recruits, often recruited to resolve difficulties in the organization, find that they are not able to contribute in an effective and professional way -The founder begins to believe his/her own Press/PR -The company suffers from decreasing public trust. -The organization becomes increasingly reactive, rather than proactive. -The company is unable to listen to their own users, community or outside experts. -The company is unable to learn from previous mistakes. -The founder frequently tries to position themselves as a "visionary" in a market they are inexperienced in. -The CEO is often unable to make tough choices related to operations such as removing inefficient staff. -When challenged the CEO assumes that users who do not agree with the CEO simply cannot understand the expertise he/she has built. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is a follower of the Minecraft YouTuber George not found aka GNF. Urban Dictionary

Verb. To relentlessly pursue a solution beyond the point where most humans would concede defeat. Often applied to challenges that others do not recognize as problems. Most frequently used when someone is annoyed that the founder will not leave them alone. To tweak and optimize with conviction and compulsion. Historical: originally used by spouses of start-up founders to describe really annoying behavior traits, usually a compulsion to solve a problem despite social cues that perhaps it's time to give up. Urban Dictionary

Belfast Slang. If something is to "founder" you, it would seriously hurt you, e.g. extreme cold. Urban Dictionary

The person that motivates you to have sex and motivates you to do things that you've never done before. Urban Dictionary

Northern Irish term for tired out, knackered. Urban Dictionary

A person, usually a heterosexual female, who pursues relationships or hookups with the founders of tech startups. Like a jersey chaser for nerds. This term was used in the "Bachmanity Insanity" episode of "Silicon Valley." Urban Dictionary

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The word "foundering" in example sentences

So my mind sinks in this immensity: and foundering is sweet in such a sea. ❋ Eric Ormsby (2010)

So after eight straight losses when you read some of the press about what's going on with the Hillary Clinton campaign, the word foundering is seen a lot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Neglect of this precaution may cause "foundering," which has ruined many a fine horse. ❋ Claude H. Miller (N/A)

So too it is to listen to the thunder of one of them "foundering"; for their equilibrium is very unstable, and the action of the sea, as they travel southwards to their death in the Gulf Stream, cuts them away at the surface of the water. ❋ Katie Spalding (1911)

"foundering" and that Europe's days as a world power are over. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A vast empire is foundering on the hands of this incapable management. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And then you hear the chap is no longer with us, as if the foreground were a busy harbor and out at sea a ship was foundering, comically unattended as it sunk and perished forever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They also have his own Hindenburg of a solution foundering in Congress even as the AT&T deal runs the gauntlet of political approval. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

Consider that Yahoo is foundering and has pretty much destroyed all the properties it has acquired in the past. ❋ Tony Greenberg (2011)

Its earnings rose 29 percent and revenue grew 7 percent in its last fiscal year that ended in June, while most other companies were foundering in the global recession. ❋ AP (2011)

A sea fight and a sack, battle and plunder and torch, a flight seaward in the long ships to escape destruction upon the rocks, and a killing strain and struggle against the frosty, foundering seas -- who, then, should know aught or mark a stranger woman in her hour with her feet fast set on the way of death? ❋ Unknown (2010)

For many, the incident—how the ship veered off course, the internationally broadcast images of its foundering, the struggle over who would take initiative to save those aboard—has become emblematic of a country struggling to right itself after a decade in the economic doldrums. ❋ Stacy Meichtry (2012)

To my surprise, my clothes had dried on me and there seemed no indications of catching cold, either from the last soaking or from the prolonged soaking from the foundering of the Martinez. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So Bush's tenure of 8 years wasn't in denial about a foundering economy, spending billions on a failed war in Iraq and a continuation of a status quo that included offshoring of our manufacturing, skyrocketing healthcare costs and decline of US standing worldwide? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Wender asked Ms. Wasserman to let him know if she ever spotted an investment opportunity, and not long afterward she enlisted him to help rescue the foundering negotiant firm of Camille Giroud, with whom she'd worked for years. ❋ Jay McInerney (2011)

The Capitals' foundering power play is nothing new this season. ❋ Katie Carrera (2011)

If we really understand the complex sublimities and nuances of this relationship, we might together help the world -- and ourselves -- skirt the foundering rocks of the negative outcome, the bad scenario, above. ❋ Michael Vlahos (2011)

[The wind] would founder ye! 'Am foundered, was standin out there all day long [an'] near [froze]! ❋ Libbet (2006)

We went to the [movies] every weekend; we were completely [foundered on] it. She was foundered on her 4 [hour] commute from her house to work each day. ❋ OlFashioned (2013)

I realize that having a [palatial] [crash pad] in Hollywood is a waste of money but I am the founder of this company and I go there once a month so we are going to spend $10K a month to have it. What?! You think I have [founderitis]? ❋ ZMissy (2009)

Dan: Oh man, I wouldn't [invest] in that business that guy has a bad case of Founderitis Steve: What's that? Dan: It's like when Ted ran [Kik] into the ground and [bled] that unicorn dry... Steve: Oh... ❋ B3NYC (2019)

[Not founder]: Omg i love [gnf] so much, I am such a [not founder]! Person 1: woah should [I be] a not founder too? Not founder: Yes you definitely should! ❋ Peepmari (2021)

Example: "Stop foundering me!" Use case: Spouse walks into the kitchen to find their loved one in a pile of disassembled electronics. "I had to fix the light on [the waffle] maker." "I thought it still worked without the light." "Technically it does, but I didn't know when to take out my waffles." "I thought they were fine." "They were darker than I wanted." "Of course they were, so you had to founder the waffle maker?" "I've almost got it..." Use case: "I heard about a waterfall that iced over, but I can't go by myself. Let's go [ice climbing] tomorrow!" "I always get cold belaying you." "Look, I got you a heavy down jacket." "You got me that last year, and I was still cold." "It's pink, and you never get to wear it." "No." "I'll fill a [thermos] with hot chocolate." "Stop foundering me." [Impervious] "Look, I got heat packs to put in your boots and gloves." "STOP FOUNDERING ME!" ❋ GeneGeek (2016)

"[It'd] [founder] you [outside]" ❋ Laura112233 (2006)

I'm your "[founder]" because I encourage you to do [nasty shit] and other really [bad stuff]. ❋ Billyrivera (2017)

[I've been] going [since] [dawn] and I'm foundered ❋ AidanG (2005)

Clive: "Hey Otto, how's the organic sustainable single-origin artisanal [small batch] cold brew nitro coffee roasting gig going?" Otto: "Not great, man. It turns out that our proprietary method of using only high altitude [Jamaican Blue Mountain] beans filtered through the digestive tract of a [civet] cat is pretty expensive. So we set our price at $10 a cup, which barely covers our costs, but it's been hard to compete with these low-end stores like Four Barrel and Ritual that sell coffee for only $7, and the peasants here in SF actually drink that swill instead of ours. We went out of business." Clive: "Oh well, at least you have Matilda. She's your [ride-or-die-bitch], right?" Otto: "Um, not really. She ditched me for this douchebag who is Co-Founder and CEO of this stupid app called Pewply." Clive: "You mean the app where you take a picture of your feces and it gives you dietary recommendations based on their machine learning big data algorithms? Dude, Pewply is awesome. It totally helped me better come to grips with my gluten allergy." Otto: "Yeah I'm sensitive to gluten too. But I can't believe she left me for this chode just because of his piece of crap - no pun intended - startup!" Clive: "Connect the dots, man. Before you, she hooked up with the founders of Markitable, Zenalytics, Flooberli, Sharepnp, and Majikly. She's a classic founder hounder!" ❋ Nicholas D (2016)

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