founderous

adjective

foun·​der·​ous

variants or foundrous

ˈfau̇nd(ə)rəs

: likely to cause one to founder : miry, swampy

if a way becomes founderous the public may have a right to deviate

—F. D. Smith & Barbara Wilcox

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