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Definition of flat-footed in English: flat-footedadjectiveflatˈfʊtɪdˌflætˈfʊdədˌflætˈfʊdəd 1Having a condition in which the foot has an arch that is lower than usual. a flat-footed, overweight colonel 一位平足、体重超常的上校。 Example sentencesExamples - Murray is fine as long as his character isn't waxing poetic, and Laura Teasdale provides some very welcome comic relief as the flat-footed maid Cathleen.
- It feels as if all the ligaments in my body are going to snap at any moment and my feet are so flat-footed it's like walking on glass.
- There is no trace left in the whole of London of the old, flat-footed waiters whose eyes were all over the place and who did their job so brilliantly that a pleasant symbiosis developed between them and the guests.
- I spent a lot of time watching my feet, making sure to throw off of my left foot rather than resorting to my old flat-footed infielder peg.
- In contrast, the A. afarensis bone resembled that of the flat-footed apes, making it improbable that its foot had an arch like our own.
- He diagnosed her as flat-footed and knock-kneed.
- Parents with flat-footed children sometimes say their children are clumsier than other kids.
- As a child I was supremely flat-footed in the outdoors, which, combined with my fear of falling over, made me a third wheel on outings of all kinds.
- But while the defender stood flat-footed, the striker followed the flight of the ball, attempted to take it under control and, in fluffing his first touch, shinned it into the net.
- 1.1informal Clumsy, awkward, or uninspired.
a flat-footed prose style Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, the tone mandated by the flat-footed New Yorker style drains his story of any emotional connection to events unfolding in the narrative.
- And the uninspired direction from Shawn Levy feels particularly flat-footed.
Synonyms clumsy, awkward, blundering, bumbling, lumbering, shambling
Phrasescatch someone flat-footed informal Take someone by surprise. the rise of regional conflicts has caught military planners flat-footed
Derivativesadverb The question to ask is not, flat-footedly, which conception of justification gets the nature of justification right, but what we gain by thinking of justification in one way rather than another. Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly, as we shuffled flat-footedly around the candle, the spell was broken by a woman who barged in with a bawling infant on her hip.
noun Well there's a good business in orthotics to fix flat-footedness, but it seems that it's pretty much an evidence-free zone, even down to how it should be diagnosed. Example sentencesExamples - But the more complex sense she leaves probably derives less from her strength or arrogance than from her flat-footedness - her interpersonal naïveté or incompetence.
- We get used to violence; we get used to political deceit and flat-footedness.
- Interestingly, while a sign of atavism, flat-footedness was also considered a result of ‘modern’, urban living and its unhealthy and disabling influences.
- But long straight stretches still felt like flying, and taking off the skates still brought that old sensation of disappointment and flat-footedness.
Definition of flat-footed in US English: flat-footedadjectiveˌflætˈfʊdədˌflætˈfʊdəd 1Having a condition in which the foot has an arch that is lower than usual. a flat-footed, overweight cop 一位平足、体重超常的上校。 Example sentencesExamples - But while the defender stood flat-footed, the striker followed the flight of the ball, attempted to take it under control and, in fluffing his first touch, shinned it into the net.
- In contrast, the A. afarensis bone resembled that of the flat-footed apes, making it improbable that its foot had an arch like our own.
- Parents with flat-footed children sometimes say their children are clumsier than other kids.
- I spent a lot of time watching my feet, making sure to throw off of my left foot rather than resorting to my old flat-footed infielder peg.
- As a child I was supremely flat-footed in the outdoors, which, combined with my fear of falling over, made me a third wheel on outings of all kinds.
- Murray is fine as long as his character isn't waxing poetic, and Laura Teasdale provides some very welcome comic relief as the flat-footed maid Cathleen.
- He diagnosed her as flat-footed and knock-kneed.
- There is no trace left in the whole of London of the old, flat-footed waiters whose eyes were all over the place and who did their job so brilliantly that a pleasant symbiosis developed between them and the guests.
- It feels as if all the ligaments in my body are going to snap at any moment and my feet are so flat-footed it's like walking on glass.
- 1.1informal Clumsy, awkward, or uninspired.
a flat-footed prose style Example sentencesExamples - And the uninspired direction from Shawn Levy feels particularly flat-footed.
- Unfortunately, the tone mandated by the flat-footed New Yorker style drains his story of any emotional connection to events unfolding in the narrative.
Synonyms clumsy, awkward, blundering, bumbling, lumbering, shambling
Phrasescatch someone flat-footed informal Take someone by surprise. the rise of regional conflicts has caught military planners flat-footed
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