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leadfooted

lead·foot·ed
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [led-foo t-id]
    • /ˈlɛdˈfʊt ɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [led-foo t-id]
    • /ˈlɛdˈfʊt ɪd/

Definitions of leadfooted word

  • adjective leadfooted awkward; clumsy. 1
  • adjective leadfooted tending to drive too fast. 1

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Origin of leadfooted

First appearance:

before 1955
One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60; lead2 + footed

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Leadfooted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

leadfooted 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 about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

leadfooted usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for leadfooted

adj leadfooted

  • 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 leadfooted

adj leadfooted

  • 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.

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