barefoot
adverb or adjective
bare·foot
ˈber-ˌfu̇t 
variants
or barefooted
: with the feet bare
walked barefoot
barefoot boy, with cheek of tan—
J. G. Whittier
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The complex is split into upper and lower sections, and pilgrims traditionally crawl or walk the nearly two-mile distance between them barefoot.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
She was forced to walk barefoot in pajamas from her burning house to the Gaza border, being beaten along the way.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Some hopped slowly on crutches and others wore flip-flops, while a few even walked barefoot.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
Children, some barefoot or in sandals, waited in line with metal buckets or other containers at a food distribution center in Deir al Balah on Thursday.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
She was forced to walk barefoot in pajamas from her burning house to the Gaza border, being beaten along the way.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Some hopped slowly on crutches and others wore flip-flops, while a few even walked barefoot.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
Children, some barefoot or in sandals, waited in line with metal buckets or other containers at a food distribution center in Deir al Balah on Thursday.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Barefoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barefoot. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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