how to pronounce underfoot

/ˌʌndɚˈfʊt/

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underfoot is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of underfoot in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… people underfoot as they were smashing …”

meanings of underfoot

adjective:

In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
Downtrodden; abject.
Situated under one's foot or feet.

adverb:

Under one's foot or feet.
In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.

verb:

To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.

noun:

A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.

underfoot frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word underfoot occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics underfoot can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that underfoot can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;