BURNT-OUT


Meaning of BURNT-OUT in English

also burned-out

1.

Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used.

...a burnt-out car.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If someone is burnt-out , they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly. ( INFORMAL )

But everyone I know who kept it up at that intensity is burnt out.

ADJ

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