flatfooted
📖 Definitions
adjective
1. Clumsy; unimaginative; uninspired.
2. Forthright.
3. Unprepared.
4. Uncompromising.
5. Having the arch of the foot flattened so the entire sole touches the ground.
💬 Usage Examples
“I pick up a book, sigh over its flawed reasoning and flat-footed writing.” James C. Howell; The Beauty of the Word; Westminster John Knox Press; 2011. “I want to come out flatfooted and ask you boys to OK the proposition of a Symphony Orchestra for Zenith.” Sinclair Lewis; Babbitt; Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1922. “The dog, caught flatfooted by his master’s sudden move, was forced to run to catch up.” Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman; The Hand of Chaos; Bantam Books; 1993. “Litvinoff’s life was defined by a delight in the weight of the real; his friend’s by a rejection of reality, with its army of flat-footed facts.” Nicole Krauss; The History of Love; Norton; 2006. “Look at these boot prints, amigo.
They turn in at the heel, worn down on the inside. This man is flat footed, that’s the way he walks.” Edna Evans; Gypsy Fires; Writers Club Press; 2001.