unfooted

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adjective

Not assigned a metrical foot.

“an unfooted schwa”

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Meanings

adjectiveunfooted (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecommunicationsNot assigned a metrical foot.

    an unfooted schwa

  2. archaicnot comparableUntrodden.

    More has been done the last twenty years in scaling previously unfooted mountains, than during all former ages.

    1871, Dublin University, A Literary Journal and Political Journal, page 302

Origin

From un- + footed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dunefoot
Cite this entry
APA

unfooted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfooted

MLA

“unfooted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfooted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfooted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfooted.

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