zuru verb, transitive verb
General sense of messing up an action or task. The verb is a rare zuru-verb alternative to 遣り損なう (やりそこなう). Used in literary or old-fashioned contexts.
See also: 遣り損なう
大事な商談を遣り損じて、会社に大きな損害を与えた。
He botched the important business negotiation and caused a huge loss to the company.
zuru verb, transitive verb
drive badly; mess up driving
Specific use for driving a car poorly or causing an accident through bad driving. This sense is very rare and mostly found in older literature.
彼は新車を遣り損じて、電柱にぶつけてしまった。
He drove the new car badly and crashed it into a utility pole.