flat-footedness
- a word derived from flat-footed.
Example Sentences
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The festival’s own flat-footedness hasn’t helped matters; to display provocative work, as is its mission, requires sustained engagement with stakeholders long before, and after, the lights go down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
The company’s flat-footedness was deeply discouraging to many women in the news division, according to friends I spoke to who have worked at CBS for many years.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2018
This dangerous mix of hubris and mental flat-footedness now seems more prevalent than ever.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2017
Toby Alderweireld exposed flat-footedness in their defence by dropping a long pass over them from deep inside his own half, Fuchs failing to cut it out and Benalouane undermining his team’s offside scheme.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2017
Riefenstahl’s presence points up the visual flat-footedness that is the movie’s biggest flaw.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2016
