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Flat-footed | Flat-footed \Flat"-foot`ed\, a. 1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep; suffering from fallen arches. [WordNet sense 3] [1913 Webster] 2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster] 3. clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding; as, flatfooted prose. [PJC] 4. Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm; as, a flat-footed refusal; a flatfooted denial. [WordNet sense 4] Syn: downright, forthright, foursquare, head-on, straightforward. [PJC] 5. With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] 6. Unprepared and unable to react quickly; as, the new product caught their competitors flat-footed. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: unready. [WordNet 1.5] {To catch (one) flatfooted} to catch (a person) unprepared; to catch (a person) by surprise. [PJC] |
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