as in unprepared
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Recent Examples of flat-footed
Government transparency will reduce the chances that society is caught flat-footed by a tech company developing AGI before anyone else is expecting.
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Daniel Colson, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Drahi conceded he’d been caught flat-footed by the scheme.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2024
The former president seemingly contradicted his praise, however, by later repeating his assertions that Biden's administration has been flat-footed and left affected states to suffer.
—Chris Megerian, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
For many, there was a palpable fear of missing out on the next big thing, of being overtaken by competitors who were able to crack the code of using it to revolutionize their businesses, or being caught flat-footed by sweeping, industry-wide change.
—Terence Tse,
mark Esposito,
danny Goh,
paul Lee, Harvard Business Review, 8 Mar. 2024
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Daniel Colson, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Drahi conceded he’d been caught flat-footed by the scheme.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2024
The former president seemingly contradicted his praise, however, by later repeating his assertions that Biden's administration has been flat-footed and left affected states to suffer.
—Chris Megerian, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
For many, there was a palpable fear of missing out on the next big thing, of being overtaken by competitors who were able to crack the code of using it to revolutionize their businesses, or being caught flat-footed by sweeping, industry-wide change.
—Terence Tse,
mark Esposito,
danny Goh,
paul Lee, Harvard Business Review, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat-footed
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The fraught legal battle is also taking place amid a sudden round of visa revocations among international students at some of the country’s top universities, with college officials left unprepared and searching for answers from the government.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Employers are largely unprepared to attract and retain talent, especially younger and older talent, according to Dr. Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez.—
Sheila Callaham,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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A lot happened, but one decision proved fateful: Concerns had surfaced that SIU was enrolling underprepared Black students from inner-city Chicago and failing to support them.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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However, critics argue that these programs often place underprepared teachers in the most challenging classrooms Comprehensive Approach: Tulsa, Oklahoma, is one of the few schools in the state with a full staff.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Like any self-respecting depressive who’s unready to address her self-sabotaging, Laurie bails on their impromptu intervention before entrées.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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Yet the real scandal that’s likely to relegate Ishiba to Japan’s 12-months-in-office club is an economy unready for the Trumpian storm to come.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Flat-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat-footed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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