staggered
/stˈæɡɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of stagger
adj
Example Sentences
- "The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed."
- "The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years."
- "Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R."
- "The line now veers slightly south through a wooded cutting before arriving at the staggered platforms of Stocksmoor station (6½ miles) and a further ¾-mile stretch of level track leads to Shepley & Shelley (7¼ miles)."
Inflected Forms
more staggered (comparative)
most staggered (superlative)