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What does flat-footed mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having feet which are flat.
  2. (of humans) Having the specific physical condition of flat feet.
  3. (informal) Unprepared to act.
  4. Holding firmly and maintaining a decision; to standing on one's ground.
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Parents with flat-footed children sometimes say their children are clumsier than other kids.
Unfortunately, the tone mandated by the flat-footed New Yorker style drains his story of any emotional connection to events unfolding in the narrative.
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.
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.
He was flat-footed, and on that account had never served in the German army.
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.

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