burnout

CEFRB2

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
Extreme tiredness caused by long stress or too much work.
02
noun
Extra detail
A feeling of being overwhelmed and exhausted from stress and overwork, rendering one cynical, uncaring or depression.

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At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.

In context

Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout.
There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can't do the work.
High on the list of proposals educators said they support to combat burnout – after raising salaries and hiring more teachers — was providing additional mental health and behavioral support for students, according to the 2022 NEA survey.

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High on the list of proposals educators said they support to combat burnout – after raising salaries and hiring more teachers — was providing additional mental health and behavioral support for students, according to the 2022 NEA survey.
2023 May 31, Annette Choi, “Teachers are calling it quits amid rising school violence, burnout and stagnating salaries”, in CNN
Then in his late 30s, he [Neal Cassady] was already a visibly ravaged shadow of Kerouac’s heroically defiant rebel and well on his way to becoming the kind of babbling burnout you don’t want to sit next to on any bus trip, magical or not.
2011 August 4, Stephen Holden, “Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Etymology tree English burn outdeverb. English burnout Deverbal from burn out.