Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leed foo t-id]
- /lid ˈfʊt ɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [leed foo t-id]
- /lid ˈfʊt ɪd/
Definitions of lead-footed word
- adjective lead-footed awkward; clumsy. 1
- adjective lead-footed tending to drive too fast. 1
- adjective lead-footed Slow, boring, dull or stupid. 0
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Origin of lead-footed
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60; lead2 + footed
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Lead-footed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lead-footed popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for lead-footed
adj lead-footed
- bulky — Something that is bulky is large and heavy. Bulky things are often difficult to move or deal with.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- unwieldy — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
Antonyms for lead-footed
adj lead-footed
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- tiny — very small; minute; wee.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
See also
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