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noun

ˈbərn-ˌau̇t How to pronounce burnout (audio)
Definition of burnoutnext
as in exhaustion
a complete depletion of energy or strength people in that job often suffer burnout and have to retire at a relatively early age

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burn out

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verb

as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out

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Recent Examples of burnout
Noun
Saturday when hundreds of vehicles blocked all northbound lanes of I-75 while participants allegedly performed burnouts and other stunts in the middle of the interstate. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Proponents of artificial intelligence say that medical scribes are a helpful way to lower physician burnout and increase revenues. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
The fire has destroyed 100 hectares of trees and was burning out of control but was not immediately threatening homes. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 The Red Bull Showrun, a live high-speed motorsports demonstration, will feature Formula 1 cars burning out and doing donuts on a roughly half-mile stretch of Hank Aaron Drive. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for burnout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burnout
  1. exhaustion
  2. wear
  3. fatigue
  4. kill
  5. exhaust
  6. tire
  7. drain
  8. wear out
Noun
  • When leaders pour their love into the world outside and don't save any for themselves, the difference leads to exhaustion.
    — Gregory Stebbins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Meganalisis said the results reflect a post-disaster mood defined by anger and emotional exhaustion.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaustion
Verb
  • Holmes opted for one of her must-have brands, wearing a layered and textured, silk cotton organza strapless dress from Fforme.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Some more images show Kidman, Bullock, 62, King, 26, and Williams, 29, wearing flowing gowns while hooked onto wires, seemingly filming a scene that involves flying, in front of a blue screen.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of wear
Noun
  • That same study found users to have experienced other side effects such as nausea, flushing and fatigue.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Symptoms begin two days to two weeks after exposure and include watery diarrhea, fatigue and loss of appetite.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of fatigue
Verb
  • Attacks on Wildberries’ warehouses last month killed at least eight people in a single day which, up until Monday’s strike on Nizhnekamsk, was the deadliest Ukrainian attack inside Russia.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of kill
Verb
  • The ruling involves 16 men's basketball players who sued the NCAA in Cobb County Superior Court in July after exhausting four seasons of college eligibility.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Cinema has lately exhausted the emotional mileage of the Ukraine–EU border, but one wittily choreographed setpiece involving the couple’s border crossing finds in transition an ingenious point of convergence between gender and geography.
    — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaust
Verb
  • In other words, an evening session does not just tire you out.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • The game slows not only because bodies tire more quickly, but because players begin pacing themselves earlier — conserving energy for the moments that matter most.
    — Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of tire
Verb
  • Your table is ready, the waiter said, and Rebecca drained her glass and stood.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Most of the region’s sewers were engineered generations ago to drain well under 2 inches of rain per hour, and a cloudburst can deliver double that amount.
    — Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of drain
Verb
  • Additionally, vibratory tumblers tend to wear out more quickly and cost more than rotary tumblers.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Even if many tread territory already worn out by Comedy Central in the mid-2000s, the sheer density ensures that some of them are bound to hit.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of wear out

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“Burnout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burnout. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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