flatfooted

Meaning

adjective

1. unprepared and unable to react quickly
   “the new product caught their competitors flat-footed”
2. having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
   “a slow flat-footed walk”
3. with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
4. forthright and explicit
   “a flat-footed refusal”

Synonyms for flatfooted

• flat-footed
• unready
• splayfooted
• footed
• direct