flat-footed

Adjective
  1. With feet flat on the ground;
    Not tiptoe (synset 301035060)
    similar to: footed - having feet
    same as: flatfooted
  2. Unprepared and unable to react quickly (synset 301938897)
    "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"
    similar to: unready - not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
    same as: flatfooted
  3. Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward (synset 301036514)
    "a slow flat-footed walk"
    similar to: splayfoot, splayfooted - having feet that turn outward
    same as: flatfooted
  4. Forthright and explicit (synset 300768832)
    "a flat-footed refusal"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
    same as: flatfooted

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