flat-footed

suomi-englanti sanakirja

flat-footed englannista suomeksi

1. lattajalkainen

2. koko jalkaterällä, koko jalkaterällä oleva

3. päättäväinen

4. valmistautumaton

1. lattajalkainen

2. päättäväinen

flat-footed englanniksi

1. Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground.

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2. (RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World)

3. (RQ:Dampier Voyages)

4. (quote-book)

5. (senseid) Of a person: having the physical condition of (l).

6. (quote-book)|location=London|publisher=(w) in association with (publisher)|William Heinemann|section=part II (At the Front)|page=385|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/goodsoldiervejkh0000haek/page/385/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-434-31375-4|passage=The volunteer from the 9th company was shot because he wouldn't advance and made the excuse that he had swollen legs and was flat-footed.

7. Of a thing (especially a rail): having a flat base; flat-bottomed.

8. (quote-book)|edition=2nd|location=London|publisher=Whittaker & Co,(nb...); (w),(nb...)|page=42|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/workingmanagemen00find/page/42/mode/1up|oclc=752848727|passage=These rails, (..) were of the "fish-bellied" pattern, but in practice, and as the demand increased, these were found troublesome to roll, and this difficulty led to the introduction of the flat-bottomed or "flat-footed" section of rail, combining a solid head with a flanged base.

10. Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse; clumsy.

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11. (RQ:Twain Huckleberry Finn)

12. (quote-book): An Unauthorized Analysis|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Publishers|Forge|isbn=978-0-7653-1247-1|passage=Two Saudi battalions and a Qatari armored battalion were tasked with retaking the town, which they did in a slow and flat-footed fashion, supported by ample U.S. artillery and air power.

13. (RQ:NYT)" (quote-gloss) turns out to be an unexceptional book about an important subject. (..) It's more of a flat-footed compendium than an original work, pulling together examples from recent news stories while iterating arguments explored in more depth in books like (w)'s "(w)," (w)'s "The Age of American Unreason," Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes's "Culture of Complaint" and, of course, (w)'s 1963 classic, "in American Life|Anti-Intellectualism in American Life."

14. (RQ:Guardian) by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629091700/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/11/machines-like-me-by-ian-mcewan-review|passage=(..) McEwan|(quote-gloss) McEwan's narrator, (..) explicitly sets out his world, overexplains the historical context and never turns down a chance to offer an essayistic digression. To my taste, this is a flat-footed way of doing sci-fi.

15. Unprepared, unready.

16. (quote-book)|year_published=2010|page=244|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/deeperthandead0000hoag_c0z6/page/244/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-7528-9163-7|passage=Caught mentally flatfooted, Anne couldn't think of a response. She was guilty as charged. She didn't deserve to defend herself.

17. Direct, downright, straightforward; also, holding firmly to and maintaining a decision; stand one's ground|standing one's ground.

18. (quote-journal)

19. (quote-book)|year_published=1929|page=120|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofcharl00moor/page/120/mode/1up|oclc=643688049|passage=All these remarks are in strict confidence, and I write in this way to urge you (quote-gloss) to be explicit and flat-footed in your wishes.

20. (infl of).