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barefooted

ADJECTIVE
without shoes
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
shoed


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The few hundred in attendance spanned the full spectrum of AfD voters: young men in black bomber jackets and Lonsdale sweaters, elderly couples, barefooted hippies with braided beards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

He struts around shirtless and shoeless; his wife and homeschooled sons, Stryker and Rad, pad about barefooted as well.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025

I had the blessing of traveling to Yaxunah in Yucatán, México, to meet a special group of indigenous women that defied their society, culture and history, just by picking a softball and running bases barefooted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

"I knew him when he was a little boy, herding livestock barefooted," Hakizimana recalled.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2023

I was out there with them, in the shade in my shorts and barefooted, waiting for what little coolness might come at us through the pear trees.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston


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