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unfooted

unfooted adjective: not assigned a metrical foot.

Adjective

unfooted (not comparable)

  1. Not assigned a metrical foot.
    • an unfooted schwa
  2. (archaic) Untrodden.
    • 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 of unfooted

From un- + footed.

Questions about unfooted

What does unfooted mean?
Unfooted means not assigned a metrical foot.
What part of speech is unfooted?
Unfooted is an adjective.

Words near unfooted in the dictionary

  1. unfoolable
  2. unfooled
  3. unfooling
  4. unfoolish
  5. unfools
  6. unfooted
  7. unfootnoted
  8. unfootprinted
  9. unfoppish
  10. unforaged
  11. unforbearance

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