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flat-footedly
adverb
informaldisapprovinguk /ˌflætˈfʊt.ɪd.li/ us /ˌflætˈfʊt̬.ɪd.li/
in a boring way, with no new ideas or imagination:
He started his presentation rather flat-footedly with a comment about the weather, and it went downhill from there.
There are some interesting ideas hidden in this film, but it is directed so flat-footedly that they aren't explored properly.
Her flat-footedly literal style just got too much for me and I had to stop reading.
He flat-footedly complains about the new housing development without explaining why it's a bad idea.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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banally
basic
marmoreal
meh
menial
menially
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stale
staleness
stodgily
stodgy
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watch the clockidiom
wearisome
wearisomely
weary
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