Definitions for staggering
ˈstæg ə rɪŋstag·ger·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefyingadjective

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

   "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. staggeringadjective

   Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

   The army suffered a staggering defeat.

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1. Staggering

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of staggering in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of staggering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of staggering in a Sentence

1. Dan Stein:

   Even in an age in which trillion dollar spending packages and are considered modest, the additional $20.4 billion the Biden Border Crisis has heaped onto the backs of American taxpayers is still staggering, $20.4 billion could address some very important needs of the American public, instead of covering the costs of the surge of illegal migration triggered by this administration’s policies.

2. Janine Lutz:

   I had no idea it was that bad, that’s really lighting a fire under my butt to work harder. The Veterans Crisis Line provides 24/7 support to veterans in distress, as well as concerned friends and family members. Staffers are available by phone at 800-273-8255 (Press 1), online at VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat, and via text at 838255. The volume of phone calls the Crisis Line receives is staggering. The VA told Fox News that since October 31, 2017, the Veterans Crisis Line has fielded approximately 222,000 calls from veterans who are having thoughts of suicide. That is in addition to the 49,000 calls from family members or friends who are concerned about a veteran who is considering suicide. That breaks down to nearly 950 calls from veterans (or nearly 40 calls per hour) every day since Halloween, and more than 200 calls a day from friends and family. Lutz, who li ves in Florida, is affectionately referred to by many in the veterans' community as.

3. Edward Moya:

   This has been a disappointing week on many fronts, there’s been no progress on COVID aid relief talks in DC, we have Brexit, which is once again going to go down to the wire, and coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations are still at a staggering pace in the U.S. and it’s likely to lead to more restrictive measures and lockdowns.

4. Jonathan Ball:

   We know Ebola can linger for many months after visible symptoms have cleared ... But this is frankly staggering.

5. Peter Marks:

   We take our responsibility for reviewing these vaccines very seriously because we're parents as well, and in looking over the data, I think parents can feel reassured that we have set a standard by which we feel that if something does not meet that standard, we can't proceed forward, for those parents who really feel this, we empathize with them, because I suspect that they're not only concerned about the current situation, even though there's a drop in cases, but they're concerned about future variants that could potentially come along, and that's how we're thinking as well. So this was not based on the dropping number of cases, because it's still a staggering number of cases each day that we're having.

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