staggered

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stagger

   The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.

comparative more staggered · superlative most staggered

1. Astonished; taken aback.
2. Arranged in a way that is not uniform.

   The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.

3. rail transportNot directly opposite each other.

   Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R.

   1957 August 28, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529

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   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).

   1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 253