flat-footed
adjective
1 flat-footed
With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe.
synonym: flatfooted.
2 flat-footed
Unprepared and unable to react quickly:
— The new product caught their competitors flat-footed.
synonym: flatfooted.
3 flat-footed
Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward:
— A slow flat-footed walk.
synonym: flatfooted.
4 flat-footed
Forthright and explicit:
— A flat-footed refusal.
synonym: flatfooted.
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