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barefoot

[bair-foot] / ˈbɛərˌfʊt /
ADJECTIVE
wearing no shoes
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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There’s a scene in the new “Sense and Sensibility,” out this week, in which Jane Austen’s classic heart-on-her sleeve heroine Marianne Dashwood runs through the woods barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The pendulum has swung from the barefoot shoes to now having a marshmallow under your foot,” says Dennis, the Houston podiatrist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"We walked barefoot and we didn't carry anything with us, just our children," she told me.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

This is the supposedly pristine island that Ivanka had hiked up barefoot.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Moments later a heavy, barefoot, gray-haired woman opened the door again.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty


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