Vocabulary
Staggering
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall
Urdu meaning
حیرت انگیز، لڑکھڑانا،جھومتے ہوئے چلنے والا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- On Friday, the government raised the cost to $7.7bn a staggering 79pc increase over an initial estimate of $4.3bn made barely two and a half years ago.
- It means that the government had added a staggering Rs25.4bn every single day.
- New data from the WHO warns of a crisis of staggering proportions: one billion people worldwide live with mental health issues.
- While an official assessment of the exact agricultural losses caused by floods and excessive monsoon rains is awaited, a business body has claimed that the flooding has led to staggering losses to crops and rural livelihoods.
- Nvidia has posted a staggering year-over-year revenue increase of nearly 70 per cent, underscoring the explosive demand for its AI chips.
Synonyms
lurch, walk unsteadily, reel, sway, teeter, totter,
Antonyms
unimpressive, uninspiring, unremarkable
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