: having a foot or feet especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a four-footed animal
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Bend slightly and walk flat-footed with your center of gravity directly over the feet as much as possible.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Declaring victory—or declaring the cutting cycle finished—would expose Powell to being immediately flat-footed.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Perfect friends are invariably four-footed was Colette’s sad conclusion.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
On their next drive, Corum eluded the Cardinals' flat-footed defense on the first play on a 48-yard TD run for a 45-10 lead.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Declaring victory—or declaring the cutting cycle finished—would expose Powell to being immediately flat-footed.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Perfect friends are invariably four-footed was Colette’s sad conclusion.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
On their next drive, Corum eluded the Cardinals' flat-footed defense on the first play on a 48-yard TD run for a 45-10 lead.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footed. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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footed
adjective
foot·ed
ˈfu̇t-əd 
: having a foot or feet especially of a certain kind or number
flat-footed
Medical Definition
footed
adjective
foot·ed
ˈfu̇t-əd
: having a foot or feet especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a four-footed animal
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