Flat-footed

Quick meaning: Flat-footed is an adjective meaning Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; (specifically) of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground.

Meaning

Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; (specifically) of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Of a thing (especially (rail transport) a rail): having a flat base; flat-bottomed.
2. Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse; clumsy.
3. Unprepared, unready.
4. Direct, downright, straightforward; also, holding firmly to and maintaining a decision; standing one's ground.
5. simple past and past participle of flat-foot.
6. Of a person: having the physical condition of flat feet (“a condition where the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, either because the arches have collapsed or because they never developed”).

Example Sentences

Bears are flat-footed animals.

He claimed that Jews walk flatfooted like a camel—including me.

[T]here have ben novv of late, Serpents knovvn flat-footed like Geeſe.

Pelicans are large flat-footed Fovvls, almoſt as big as Geeſe, and their Feathers in colour like them: […]

Word Forms

• flatfooted

Synonyms for flat-footed

Depending on context, synonyms include maladroit, direct, footed, splayfoot, splayfooted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include footed, splayfooted, splayfoot, direct, bare-footed, bare-footen.

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