strugglingadjective
uk/ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ/us/ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ/unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed:
It's the story of a struggling artist who marries a rich woman.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- rope
- small-time
- stillborn
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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