"flat-footed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From flat + footed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|footed}} flat + footed Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=flat-footed}} flat-footed
  1. Having feet which are flat.
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  2. (of humans) Having the specific physical condition of flat feet. Translations (having flat feet): platvoetig (Dutch), lattajalkainen (Finnish), plancus (Latin), plautus (Latin), плоскосто́пный (ploskostópnyj) (Russian), dalpak (Tagalog), плоскосто́пий (ploskostópyj) (Ukrainian) Translations (having physical condition "flat feet"): lattajalkainen (Finnish), plancus (Latin), плоскосто́пный (ploskostópnyj) (Russian), плоскосто́пий (ploskostópyj) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Holding firmly and maintaining a decision; standing one's ground. Translations (holding firmly to a decision): vastberaden (Dutch), päättäväinen (Finnish)
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  4. (figurative) Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse. Tags: figuratively
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Adverb

Forms: more flat-footed [comparative], most flat-footed [superlative]
Etymology: From flat + footed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|footed}} flat + footed Head templates: {{en-adv}} flat-footed (comparative more flat-footed, superlative most flat-footed)
  1. (informal) Unprepared to act. Tags: informal Translations (unprepared to act): housut kintuissa (Finnish), desprevenido (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-flat-footed-en-adv-xcWdWfSK

Verb

Etymology: From flat + footed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|footed}} flat + footed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flat-footed
  1. simple past and past participle of flat-foot Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: flat-foot
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          "text": "1892, Frank Millet, quoted in 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, →ISBN, page 177.\nI write in this way to urge you to be explicit and flat-footed in your wishes."
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          "ref": "2012, Jesse J. Prinz, The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2017 March 21, Michiko Kakutani, “‘The Death of Expertise’ Explores How Ignorance Became a Virtue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "But it’s more of a flat-footed compendium than an original work, pulling together examples from recent news stories while iterating arguments explored in more depth in books like Al Gore’s “The Assault on Reason,” […]",
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          "ref": "2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "It’s the opposite technique to that of McEwan’s narrator, who explicitly sets out his world, overexplains the historical context and never turns down a chance to offer an essayistic digression. To my taste, this is a flat-footed way of doing sci-fi.",
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      "word": "vastberaden"
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