BURNT-OUT


Meaning of BURNT-OUT in English

Note: in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use 'burned-out'

1.

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

...a ~ car.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

If someone is ~, 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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