What is the meaning of the word "flat-footed"?

Definitions:

  1. having broad flat feet that usually turn outward copy to clipboard adjective
    • a slow flatfooted walk copy to clipboard
  2. unprepared and unable to react quickly copy to clipboard adjective
    • the new product caught their competitors flatfooted copy to clipboard
  3. without reservation copy to clipboard adjective
    • a flatfooted refusal copy to clipboard

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