Definition of "flatfooted" [flatfooted]

• Having flat feet. (adjective)
• Unprepared to respond; unready. (adjective)

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• "Nicknamed Sparrow because he "hopped around" ( "like James Brown!") when other Calypsonians performed "flatfooted," he was born Slinger Francisco in Grenada, growing up in Trinidad."
• "The velocity of those gains caught many flatfooted."
• "In pure political terms, the plan—even if it dies in Congress—could allow Mr. Obama to deflect criticism that he has been "flatfooted on housing" while arguing to the broader electorate that "the Republicans are the party standing between you and a lower rate on your mortgage," said Jeb Mason, a Treasury policy adviser in the Bush administration who now works for the Cypress Group, a financial-services consultancy."