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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burned-out, burnt-outadjective

    exhausted as a result of longtime stress

    "she was burned-out before she was 30"

  2. burned-out, burnt-outadjective

    inoperative as a result of heat or friction

    "a burned-out picture tube"

  3. burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-outadjective

    destroyed or badly damaged by fire

    "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"

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  1. burnt-out

    Burnt-out refers to a state of physical or mental exhaustion, typically as a result of prolonged stress or overwork. It can also refer to something that is damaged, depleted, or worn out due to excess use or consumption.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burnt-out in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burnt-out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of burnt-out in a Sentence

  1. Marcell Shehwaro:

    The teachers themselves are burnt out, the students are burnt out, one of the teachers said to me, 'why are we teaching children who are going to die next week?' To me it's harsh, but it has its own logic. They look at the children and imagine that they are going to be the next victims.

  2. Damian Augustyniak:

    Sometimes I can feel burnt out, you want to just do something else, or sometimes even be with some someone else.

  3. Danny Fuentes:

    We are sick and tired of the hospital only doing the bare minimum, time and time again, we are forced to take unsafe patient loads. We are humans, and we are burnt-out. And we are tired. And the hospital doesn’t seem to care. All they see are profits. We don’t want to be out here. We would much rather be with our patients. We need a fair contract to protect our patients.

  4. Libby Rodney:

    My compromise is just to work from home on the days I'm not traveling to maximize my work time, shed that commute time, and just be near my child, i want to reduce my hours not as much to spend time with my son, but to actually enjoy the time I have with him, to be present, to not feel burnt out.

  5. Lim Woon-taek:

    Young people are very burnt out, they don't know why they have to work so hard.

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