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FLATFOOTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flatfooted mean?
• FLATFOOTED (adjective)
The adjective FLATFOOTED has 4 senses:
1. unprepared and unable to react quickly
2. having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
3. with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
4. forthright and explicit
Familiarity information: FLATFOOTED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unprepared and unable to react quickly
Synonyms:
flat-footed; flatfooted
Context example:
the new product caught their competitors flat-footed
Similar:
unready (not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
Synonyms:
flat-footed; flatfooted
Context example:
a slow flat-footed walk
Similar:
splayfoot; splayfooted (having feet that turn outward)
Sense 3
Meaning:
With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
Synonyms:
flat-footed; flatfooted
Similar:
footed (having feet)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Forthright and explicit
Synonyms:
flat-footed; flatfooted
Context example:
a flat-footed refusal
Similar:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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