burn-out

Noun

burnout (countable and uncountable, plural burnouts)

1. The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
   • 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
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. A feeling of being overwhelmed and exhausted from stress and overwork, rendering one cynical, uncaring or depression.
4. (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.
5. The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
6. The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.

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