Meaning of “flat-footed” in the English Dictionary

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flat-footedadjective [ before noun ]

uk ​ /ˌflætˈfʊt.ɪd/ us ​ /ˌflætˈfʊt̬.ɪd/

flat-footed adjective [ before noun ] (UNSUCCESSFUL)

› in a difficult or unexpected situation that makes you unable to move or react quickly or skilfully:

Campaign leaders were caught flat-footed when the opinion polls suddenly started to swing the other way.

› informal boring, with no new ideas or imagination:

a flat-footed political campaign
As with all the best American comedies, the sharpness of the script made the average British sitcom seem embarrassingly flat-footed.

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(Definition of “flat-footed” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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flat-footedadjective

/ˈflætˈfʊt·ɪd/

› having feet with a bottom part that is not curved up in an arch, as is usual, but is level so that it touches the ground

(Definition of “flat-footed” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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