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Recent Examples of flat-footed
Amazon was caught flat-footed and has spent the last couple of years revamping its product strategy to catch up.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
The Rangers had some early success using it to clog the middle of the ice, but too often got caught flat-footed and were left vulnerable to odd-man rushes.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But the person also predicted that some of crypto’s allies in Washington could be caught flat-footed by the banking ramp-up.
—Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Interestingly the Milei administration appeared to have been caught flat-footed by the news.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
The Rangers had some early success using it to clog the middle of the ice, but too often got caught flat-footed and were left vulnerable to odd-man rushes.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But the person also predicted that some of crypto’s allies in Washington could be caught flat-footed by the banking ramp-up.
—Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Interestingly the Milei administration appeared to have been caught flat-footed by the news.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat-footed
Adjective
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Southern regions unprepared for heavy snow face blizzard conditions and dangerously low temperatures.—
Kristin M. Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The environment was unprepared to carry it alongside everything else already expected.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Climate blind spots increasingly signal governance gaps rather than uncertainty and companies that fail to integrate climate risk into strategy, capital planning and disclosure are underprepared and mispricing risk.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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And, as Whitten frankly put it, most visitors are either underprepared or overly experienced.—
Outside,
Outside,
8 Jan. 2026
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An unready owner sees it as a personal attack.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Thirty‑one percent of respondents cite cybersecurity and privacy concerns as a main challenge, followed by anxiety over data output quality (23%), unready business processes (22%), and technology infrastructure limitations (22%).—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Flat-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat-footed. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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