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adjective North American informal 1Slow; clumsy. the most lead-footed guy can try aerobic moves Example sentencesExamples - Bobby Orr started the phenomenon in an era when a defenseman had primarily been a lead-footed, plodding, muscle-bound player whose job was to stand on the blue line and hit people.
- Even for lead-footed teams, the pace will pick up because the 10-second rule (the time allotted for a team to get the ball to halfcourt) has been cut to eight seconds.
- H looked lead-footed trying to manoeuvre in the pre-start against rivals who have been perfecting these dark arts for years.
- Their first-round opponent, the Bucks, had enough team speed to run with the Nets, but New Jersey's next two foes, the lead-footed Celtics and Pistons, were run out of the gym in sweeps.
- Political wisdom is more likely to be discovered through experiments in 50 different state laboratories than by lead-footed trial and error in one national laboratory…
- He is shedding an unwanted reputation as an iron-gloved, lead-footed fielder who has no range and is prone to errors.
- His first step is death to lead-footed left tackles.
- And it does it all so seamlessly that it saves lead-footed klutzes like me from all manner of problems without my even knowing it.
2Tending to drive too quickly.
adjectiveˌledˈfo͝odəd North American informal 1Slow; clumsy. the most lead-footed guy can try aerobic moves Example sentencesExamples - Their first-round opponent, the Bucks, had enough team speed to run with the Nets, but New Jersey's next two foes, the lead-footed Celtics and Pistons, were run out of the gym in sweeps.
- Political wisdom is more likely to be discovered through experiments in 50 different state laboratories than by lead-footed trial and error in one national laboratory…
- H looked lead-footed trying to manoeuvre in the pre-start against rivals who have been perfecting these dark arts for years.
- He is shedding an unwanted reputation as an iron-gloved, lead-footed fielder who has no range and is prone to errors.
- Even for lead-footed teams, the pace will pick up because the 10-second rule (the time allotted for a team to get the ball to halfcourt) has been cut to eight seconds.
- His first step is death to lead-footed left tackles.
- And it does it all so seamlessly that it saves lead-footed klutzes like me from all manner of problems without my even knowing it.
- Bobby Orr started the phenomenon in an era when a defenseman had primarily been a lead-footed, plodding, muscle-bound player whose job was to stand on the blue line and hit people.
2Tending to drive too quickly.
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