burnout
burnout Lexical Profile
burnout Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A state of physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about one's competence and the value of one's work, typically caused by prolonged or excessive stress.
"Many healthcare workers experienced severe burnout after working consecutive double shifts."
The cessation of operation of a jet or rocket engine due to the exhaustion of fuel, or the point in a trajectory at which this occurs.
"The telemetry data confirmed that second-stage burnout occurred exactly on schedule."
The practice of keeping a motor vehicle stationary while spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke from friction.
"The driver performed a loud burnout on the track to warm up the rear tires before the drag race."
Word Nuance & Usage
The closed compound "burnout" is a noun (e.g., "suffering from burnout"), whereas the open form "burn out" functions as a phrasal verb (e.g., "do not burn out too early").
• Rhymes for burnout
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as a noun from the phrasal verb "burn out," it was originally used in the 1940s in rocketry for the termination of fuel combustion, before psychologist Herbert Freudenberger popularized its psychological sense of occupational exhaustion in 1974.