misses one's cue (verb) flounder: struggle; be in the dark
Detalii: founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly
Sinonime: broken-down, crumbling,
decrepit,
derelict,
dilapidated,
flimsy, jerry-built, rickety,
shabby,
shaky, tottering, tumble-down, unfirm, unsafe, unsteady
Antonime: good,
nice, repaired,
stable