burnout

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English

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burnout (sense 6)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deverbal from burn out.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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burnout (countable and uncountable, plural burnouts)

  1. (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
    Coordinate term: flameout
  2. A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
    Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout.
  3. (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.
    There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can’t do the work.
    • 2011 August 4, Stephen Holden, “Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      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.
  4. (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor following the exhaustion of its fuel, or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
    Coordinate term: flameout
  5. The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
  6. (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: burn-out
  • Finnish: burnout
  • German: Burn-out

Translations

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English burnout.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbøːnɑut/, [ˈbø̞ːnɑ̝ut̪]

Noun

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burnout

  1. (psychology) burnout

Declension

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Inflection of burnout (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative burnout burnoutit
genitive burnoutin burnoutien
partitive burnoutia burnouteja
illative burnoutiin burnouteihin
singular plural
nominative burnout burnoutit
accusative nom. burnout burnoutit
gen. burnoutin
genitive burnoutin burnoutien
partitive burnoutia burnouteja
inessive burnoutissa burnouteissa
elative burnoutista burnouteista
illative burnoutiin burnouteihin
adessive burnoutilla burnouteilla
ablative burnoutilta burnouteilta
allative burnoutille burnouteille
essive burnoutina burnouteina
translative burnoutiksi burnouteiksi
abessive burnoutitta burnouteitta
instructive burnoutein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of burnout (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative burnoutini burnoutini
accusative nom. burnoutini burnoutini
gen. burnoutini
genitive burnoutini burnoutieni
partitive burnoutiani burnoutejani
inessive burnoutissani burnouteissani
elative burnoutistani burnouteistani
illative burnoutiini burnouteihini
adessive burnoutillani burnouteillani
ablative burnoutiltani burnouteiltani
allative burnoutilleni burnouteilleni
essive burnoutinani burnouteinani
translative burnoutikseni burnouteikseni
abessive burnoutittani burnouteittani
instructive
comitative burnouteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative burnoutisi burnoutisi
accusative nom. burnoutisi burnoutisi
gen. burnoutisi
genitive burnoutisi burnoutiesi
partitive burnoutiasi burnoutejasi
inessive burnoutissasi burnouteissasi
elative burnoutistasi burnouteistasi
illative burnoutiisi burnouteihisi
adessive burnoutillasi burnouteillasi
ablative burnoutiltasi burnouteiltasi
allative burnoutillesi burnouteillesi
essive burnoutinasi burnouteinasi
translative burnoutiksesi burnouteiksesi
abessive burnoutittasi burnouteittasi
instructive
comitative burnouteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative burnoutimme burnoutimme
accusative nom. burnoutimme burnoutimme
gen. burnoutimme
genitive burnoutimme burnoutiemme
partitive burnoutiamme burnoutejamme
inessive burnoutissamme burnouteissamme
elative burnoutistamme burnouteistamme
illative burnoutiimme burnouteihimme
adessive burnoutillamme burnouteillamme
ablative burnoutiltamme burnouteiltamme
allative burnoutillemme burnouteillemme
essive burnoutinamme burnouteinamme
translative burnoutiksemme burnouteiksemme
abessive burnoutittamme burnouteittamme
instructive
comitative burnouteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative burnoutinne burnoutinne
accusative nom. burnoutinne burnoutinne
gen. burnoutinne
genitive burnoutinne burnoutienne
partitive burnoutianne burnoutejanne
inessive burnoutissanne burnouteissanne
elative burnoutistanne burnouteistanne
illative burnoutiinne burnouteihinne
adessive burnoutillanne burnouteillanne
ablative burnoutiltanne burnouteiltanne
allative burnoutillenne burnouteillenne
essive burnoutinanne burnouteinanne
translative burnoutiksenne burnouteiksenne
abessive burnoutittanne burnouteittanne
instructive
comitative burnouteinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative burnoutinsa burnoutinsa
accusative nom. burnoutinsa burnoutinsa
gen. burnoutinsa
genitive burnoutinsa burnoutiensa
partitive burnoutiaan
burnoutiansa
burnoutejaan
burnoutejansa
inessive burnoutissaan
burnoutissansa
burnouteissaan
burnouteissansa
elative burnoutistaan
burnoutistansa
burnouteistaan
burnouteistansa
illative burnoutiinsa burnouteihinsa
adessive burnoutillaan
burnoutillansa
burnouteillaan
burnouteillansa
ablative burnoutiltaan
burnoutiltansa
burnouteiltaan
burnouteiltansa
allative burnoutilleen
burnoutillensa
burnouteilleen
burnouteillensa
essive burnoutinaan
burnoutinansa
burnouteinaan
burnouteinansa
translative burnoutikseen
burnoutiksensa
burnouteikseen
burnouteiksensa
abessive burnoutittaan
burnoutittansa
burnouteittaan
burnouteittansa
instructive
comitative burnouteineen
burnouteinensa

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