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flatfooted

Speech parts

1. flatfooted - Adjective

2. flatfooted - Verb

3. flatfooted - Adverb

4. flatfooted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

forthright and explicit

with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe

having broad flat feet that usually turn outward

unprepared and unable to react quickly

Source: WordNet

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Examples

This myth filter was necessary. The ship logs could not tell it rightly nor could any flatfooted prose. And the deeds were too bright to be viewed direct. They could only be sung by a bard gone blind from viewing suns that were suns. R. A. Lafferty

a flat-footed refusal Source: Internet

a slow flat-footed walk Source: Internet

the new product caught their competitors flat-footed Source: Internet

The Nittany Lions came out flatfooted, sloppy and lacked the offensive intensity that has powered lesser Penn State teams through many a win at Pegula Ice Arena. Source: Internet

The orders, which aim to take a harder line on "hateful conduct," follow a rash of high-profile incidents in which the military was caught flatfooted as service members were publicly linked to hateful actions or groups. Source: Internet

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