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adjective

Definition of staggerednext
as in overwhelmed

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staggered

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verb

past tense of stagger
1
as in lurched
to move forward while swaying from side to side I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner

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as in hesitated
to show uncertainty about the right course of action a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit

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