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Flatfooted Common

Flatfooted has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of flatfoot

Adjective
1

unprepared and unable to react quickly

"the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"

2

having broad flat feet that usually turn outward

"a slow flat-footed walk"

3

with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe

4

forthright and explicit

"a flat-footed refusal"

5

Having flat feet.

Adverb
1

Unprepared to respond; unready.

Example Sentences
"the new product caught their competitors flat-footed" adjective
"a slow flat-footed walk" adjective
"a flat-footed refusal" adjective
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