Word Study
burnt-out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective burnt-out has 3 senses
- burnt-out(s = adj.all) burned-out - exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30"
- burnt-out(s = adj.all) burned-out - inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube"
- burnt-out(s = adj.all) burned, burned-out, burned-over, burnt - destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
CIDE DICTIONARY
burnt-out, adj. prenom.
- drained of energy or effectiveness; driven to apathy by overwork or prolonged stress; -- of people. [WordNet 1.5]
- damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire; as, barricaded the street with burned-out cars. [WordNet 1.5]
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