founderousadj.
/ˈfaʊndərəs/ Causing or likely to cause to founder; miry, full of ruts and holes.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > likely to endanger health or life
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founderous1767
shark-toothed1935
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > fit for (spec. type of) traffic > in bad condition
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1767 Hull & Anlaby Road Act 2 The other roads..are become very founderous for travellers.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 267 I have travelled through the negotiation, and a sad founderous road it is.
1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner 111 Poor pilot I, by snows confounded, And many a foundrous pit surrounded!
1844 J. Williams Real Property Law (1873) 314 Where a public way is foundrous, as such ways frequently were in former times.
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