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What is the noun for burnout?

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burnout
  1. (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
  2. (US, slang) A marijuana addict; one whose brains have been burned out.
  3. (aeronautics) The shutoff of a rocket motor following the complete exhaustion of its fuel supply, or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
  4. The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
  5. Using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Huffington talks about the wake-up call she received when she collapsed from burnout several years ago.”
      “I had a look at the burnout test, and I was definitely off the scale last summer.”
      “Conceivably, any job involving high levels of interpersonal contact may lead to burnout.”
burn out
  1. (idiomatic) (of a person) The condition of tiredness due to overwork.
burnouts
  1. plural of burnout
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For some reason he doesn't like burnouts, wheelies and handbrake slides into our street.”
      “I looked to my left to see some other burnouts smoking by the library's exit door.”
      “The revolt had ended with two kinds of casualties, the burnouts and the assimilated.”
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