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variants or burnt-out

burned out

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verb

variants or burnt out
past tense of burn out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of burned-out
Adjective
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 Cut to six years later, and Deadpool is in the middle of a burned-out nowhere digging up Wolverine, who is now a mere skeleton. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 July 2024 When the cure is worse than the affliction, when horses are physically and psychologically burned-out before their bodies are even fully mature, these animals are sending a powerful message that those in racing don’t want to hear. Kathy Guillermo, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024 Drone video later showed cars littering a nearby road, some of them burned-out. Anna Schecter, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023 For months, Rahman had been urging the city to replace the broken and burned-out lights around the playground behind the center so children could play there in the evening. Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023 Detecting disconnection Stressed, burned-out or discouraged employees often are the first to look for a way to leave the company. Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burned-out
Adjective
  • Some victims are already tired of fighting this fight.
    Ashley Belanger – May 19, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • Susan Shalabi was exhausted - tired of traveling halfway around the world from Amman to Asuncion, tired of fighting against the soccer establishment.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The music video concludes with an exhausted and bloody Charli on the baggage claim carousel.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • They'll be joined by a familiar face: The Office's Óscar Martínez, an exhausted accountant played by Oscar Nuñez.
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Upgrade Lounge will be open in the mornings from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm ET, and again in the evenings from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm ET—but weary travelers who miss these windows can still relax in the lounge’s cushy couches and swivel chairs outside of operating hours.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
  • Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

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“Burned-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burned-out. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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