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burnout

[ burn-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a fire that is totally destructive of something.
Also burn-out. fatigue, frustration, or apathy resulting from prolonged stress, overwork, or intense activity.
Rocketry.
1. the termination of effective combustion in a rocket engine, due to exhaustion of propellant.
2. the end of the powered portion of a rocket's flight.
Electricity. the breakdown of a lamp, motor, or other electrical device due to the heat created by the current flowing through it.

Origin of burnout¹

First recorded in 1900–05; noun use of verb phrase burn out

The book is a memoir that highlights the problem of physician burnout in the midst of our by now decades-long health care crisis.

It wins because we can relate and because there is a certain amount of suffering-burnout at play, too.

A new study shows U.S. doctors have a burnout rate of 38 percent versus 28 percent for the general population.

But the burnout described in this and so many other articles is not really a malady.

Burnout is a real problem, with real downstream effects—poor employee performance, higher turnover, clinical depression.

It would take practically absolute simultaneity to overload to the point of burnout to those Strett generators.

Burnout of the second stage came suddenly, and we heaved slightly against our belts as the springs in our seats pushed back out.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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