遣やり損そんじる

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

botch; bungle; fail at doing

General term for messing up an action or task; implies a mistake in execution. Often used when one fails to do something properly.

See also: 遣り損なう · 遣り損ずる

大だい事じなプレゼンをやり損そんじて、上じょう司しに怒おこられた。
I botched the important presentation and got scolded by my boss.

簡かん単たんな料りょう理りをやり損そんじるなんて、信しんじられない。

I can't believe I messed up such a simple dish.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

drive badly; mess up driving

Specifically refers to poor driving or failing to drive properly; often used for stalling, crashing, or making driving errors.

Written forms

遣やり損そんじる
Standard kanji spelling; the verb is a compound of 遣る (to do) and 損じる (to fail/miss).
やり損そんじる
Common kana-mixed spelling, especially in less formal writing.

Kanji

遣dispatch, despatch, send
損damage, loss, disadvantage

Similar words

遣やり損そこなう
Very similar in meaning; 遣り損なう is more common and slightly less formal. Both mean to fail at doing something, but 遣り損じる can sound a bit more deliberate or emphatic about the failure.
遣やり損そんずる
Alternate form with the same meaning; 遣り損ずる is a slightly older or more literary variant, while 遣り損じる is the modern ichidan form.

Etymology

Compound of 遣る (to do) and 損じる (to fail, to miss). The verb 損じる is a classical verb that survives in modern Japanese mainly in compounds like this one.