burned out

English

Verb

burned out

  1. simple past and past participle of burn out
    Alternative form: burnt out

Adjective

burned out (comparative more burned out, superlative most burned out)

  1. Alternative form of burnt out.
    • 2009 March 7, Paula L. Woods, “Taking a thrilling trip”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 November 2025:
      Charles is burned out -- stomach cramping on receiving his new assignment, popping Dexedrine like breath mints as he acknowledges “he’d slipped to some secluded corner of the extremes, some far reach of utter imbalance.”
    • 2015 June 4, Marta Bausells, quoting PullandKick74, “Books about Detroit: readers' picks”, in The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:
      Your heart races when you come upon a long red light and all you see is burned out buildings and church and bar-b-que hovels.
    • 2021 April 30, Catherine Zuckerman, quoting Steven Azizi, “How to Beat Burnout — Without Quitting Your Job”, in The New York Times‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 April 2021:
      If an employee is burned out, at the very least they may be entitled to a stress claim through their employer’s insurance.

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