[
UK
/flˈætfʊt/
]
NOUN
- a policeman who patrols a given region
- a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out
How To Use flatfoot In A Sentence
- With his long arms and peculiar flatfooted gait, his opponents compared him to an ape. Times, Sunday Times
- Now the two tech icons are running neck and neck -- a reversal of fortune the bloggerati are inclined to ascribe to a combination of Steve Jobs 'genius and Microsoft's flatfootedness. Microsoft Slumps As Apple Trumps
- A painful flatfoot can be a sign of a congenital abnormality or an injury to the muscles and tendons of the foot.
- But it very quickly degenerates into a flatfooted, predictable affair with a thumpingly earnest moral message. Times, Sunday Times
- Eurozone leaders have been astonishingly flatfooted in response to this crisis. Times, Sunday Times
- As a minister, despite a restricted budget, he once again displayed that spectacular flair that made his colleagues seem flatfooted. Times, Sunday Times
- He has been a clumsy, flatfooted and ponderous at times. Times, Sunday Times
- Surely you wouldn't rather stumble about with your thick-necked flatfooted lummox of a boyfriend.
- Adult-acquired flatfoot is prevalent in older, overweight women.
- This procedure also is effective for managing other diabetes-related foot problems, such as adult-onset flatfoot.
