1. (

• flat-footed ,
• flatfooted

) unprepared and unable to react quickly; "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed" ;

2. (

• flat-footed ,
• flatfooted

) having broad flat feet that usually turn outward; "a slow flat-footed walk" ;

3. (

• flat-footed ,
• flatfooted

) with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe ;

4. (

• flat-footed ,
• flatfooted

) forthright and explicit; "a flat-footed refusal" ;