flatfooted

Questions about flatfooted

What does flatfooted mean?

flatfooted means "unprepared and unable to react quickly". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flatfooted?

flatfooted has 3 syllables and divides as flat-foo-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for flatfooted?

Close synonyms include flat-footed, flat-footed, flat-footed, flat-footed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flatfooted a common word?

flatfooted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.