heavy-footed

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Recent Examples of heavy-footed Post struggled in his first go, thrown into the fire against the best team in the league that plays a style designed to punish heavy-footed centers. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 For all those who grouse that this is an overreaction to Hunter working over undersized and heavy-footed Bison, that’s fair. Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2024 But around town, this Infiniti galloped with grace, its exhaust note growling after heavy-footed accelerator applications. Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy-footed
Adjective
  • Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • At Yankee Stadium, the slow-footed Stanton is best suited to play right field thanks to the short porch.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In the first inning, third-base coach Luis Rojas surprisingly waved the slow-footed Trent Grisham home on a 110.7 mph Giancarlo Stanton single to Marlins left fielder Kyle Stowers.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, the infectious energy of the scare zone gets completely lost in the lethargic and drowsy maze.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • At first, Walters feared the chicken might not survive—describing her as lethargic and depressed.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Heavy-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy-footed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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