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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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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Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Finding time for self-care amidst the chaos will be critical, as burnout could become a real concern.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
That s–t turnt, for real, but I was getting burnt out.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
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Noun
After staking out a place in a venerable franchise in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), Meyer endeared himself to rom-com audiences in Clueless (1995) as skateboarding burnout, Travis.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Finding time for self-care amidst the chaos will be critical, as burnout could become a real concern.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
But there's a limited number in a pack and each one burns out fairly quickly, offering natural cutoff points.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
That s–t turnt, for real, but I was getting burnt out.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Burnout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burnout. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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