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flat-footed - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'flat-footed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flat-footed [ a.]
- Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.
- Firm-footed; determined.

Meaning of 'flat-footed' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flat-footed [ s]
Meaning (1):
- forthright and explicit
Example in sentence:
  • a flat-footed refusal
Meaning (2):
- having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
Example in sentence:
  • a slow flat-footed walk
Meaning (3):
- unprepared and unable to react quickly
Example in sentence:
  • the new product caught their competitors flat-footed

Nearby Words:

flabbergast flabbergastation flabbily flabbiness flabby flabel flabellate flabellation flabelliform flabellinerved

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