as in unprepared
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Recent Examples of flat-footed
That unusual dynamic may stem from many employers having been caught flat-footed and short of staff after the economy began roaring back from the pandemic recession.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Despite weeks of speculation that Harris was poised to replace Biden at the top of the ticket, Trump and his campaign were caught flat-footed, left lurching from one attack line to another.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
The Niners’ free safety was caught flat-footed in the second level and couldn’t recover in time to break up the play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Shapiro is smart, well-prepared and doesn’t get caught flat-footed in interviews.
—Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Despite weeks of speculation that Harris was poised to replace Biden at the top of the ticket, Trump and his campaign were caught flat-footed, left lurching from one attack line to another.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
The Niners’ free safety was caught flat-footed in the second level and couldn’t recover in time to break up the play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Shapiro is smart, well-prepared and doesn’t get caught flat-footed in interviews.
—Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for flat-footed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat-footed
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But Council members repeatedly chided top CUNY officials for coming unprepared to answer their questions.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Authorities seemed unprepared and overwhelmed, quickly running out of supplies and scrambling to find more buses to transport people.Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Mistake 2: Ignoring Regulatory Requirements IT teams are significantly underprepared for incoming AI regulations.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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But while some say that the federal government was deeply underprepared to handle the devastation to the region, community support runs deep in the South.Quispe López, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
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But readiness is usually an advantage, especially when your opponent is adamantly unready.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
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About a quarter are unready to express an opinion of either.Gary Langer, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Flat-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat-footed. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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