# burnout
## English
### Alternative forms

* burn-out

### Etymology

Deverbal from burn out.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

burnout (countable and uncountable, plural burnouts)
* (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
    Coordinate term: flameout
* A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
    Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout.
* (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.
    There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can't do the work.
** 2011 August 4, Stephen Holden, “Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Then in his late 30s, he [Neal Cassady] was already a visibly ravaged shadow of Kerouac’s heroically defiant rebel and well on his way to becoming the kind of babbling burnout you don’t want to sit next to on any bus trip, magical or not.
* (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
    Coordinate term: flameout
* The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
* (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

#### Derived terms

* boreout

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: burn-out
* → Finnish: burnout
* → German: Burn-out

#### Translations
### External links

* Addressing the Crisis of Clinician Burnout, a YouTube video discussing the concept of burnout in medical professions

### Anagrams

* outburn

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English burnout.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbøːnɑut/, [ˈbø̞ːnɑ̝ut̪]
* Rhymes: -øːnɑut

### Noun

burnout
* (psychology) burnout

#### Declension

Possessive forms of burnout (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
burnoutini
burnoutini
accusative
nom.
burnoutini
burnoutini
gen.
burnoutini
genitive
burnoutini
burnoutieni
partitive
burnoutiani
burnoutejani
inessive
burnoutissani
burnouteissani
elative
burnoutistani
burnouteistani
illative
burnoutiini
burnouteihini
adessive
burnoutillani
burnouteillani
ablative
burnoutiltani
burnouteiltani
allative
burnoutilleni
burnouteilleni
essive
burnoutinani
burnouteinani
translative
burnoutikseni
burnouteikseni
abessive
burnoutittani
burnouteittani
instructive
comitative
—burnouteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
burnoutisi
burnoutisi
accusative
nom.
burnoutisi
burnoutisi
gen.
burnoutisi
genitive
burnoutisi
burnoutiesi
partitive
burnoutiasi
burnoutejasi
inessive
burnoutissasi
burnouteissasi
elative
burnoutistasi
burnouteistasi
illative
burnoutiisi
burnouteihisi
adessive
burnoutillasi
burnouteillasi
ablative
burnoutiltasi
burnouteiltasi
allative
burnoutillesi
burnouteillesi
essive
burnoutinasi
burnouteinasi
translative
burnoutiksesi
burnouteiksesi
abessive
burnoutittasi
burnouteittasi
instructive
comitative
—burnouteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
burnoutimme
burnoutimme
accusative
nom.
burnoutimme
burnoutimme
gen.
burnoutimme
genitive
burnoutimme
burnoutiemme
partitive
burnoutiamme
burnoutejamme
inessive
burnoutissamme
burnouteissamme
elative
burnoutistamme
burnouteistamme
illative
burnoutiimme
burnouteihimme
adessive
burnoutillamme
burnouteillamme
ablative
burnoutiltamme
burnouteiltamme
allative
burnoutillemme
burnouteillemme
essive
burnoutinamme
burnouteinamme
translative
burnoutiksemme
burnouteiksemme
abessive
burnoutittamme
burnouteittamme
instructive
comitative
—burnouteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
burnoutinne
burnoutinne
accusative
nom.
burnoutinne
burnoutinne
gen.
burnoutinne
genitive
burnoutinne
burnoutienne
partitive
burnoutianne
burnoutejanne
inessive
burnoutissanne
burnouteissanne
elative
burnoutistanne
burnouteistanne
illative
burnoutiinne
burnouteihinne
adessive
burnoutillanne
burnouteillanne
ablative
burnoutiltanne
burnouteiltanne
allative
burnoutillenne
burnouteillenne
essive
burnoutinanne
burnouteinanne
translative
burnoutiksenne
burnouteiksenne
abessive
burnoutittanne
burnouteittanne
instructive
comitative
—burnouteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
burnoutinsa
burnoutinsa
accusative
nom.
burnoutinsa
burnoutinsa
gen.
burnoutinsa
genitive
burnoutinsa
burnoutiensa
partitive
burnoutiaan burnoutiansa
burnoutejaan burnoutejansa
inessive
burnoutissaan burnoutissansa
burnouteissaan burnouteissansa
elative
burnoutistaan burnoutistansa
burnouteistaan burnouteistansa
illative
burnoutiinsa
burnouteihinsa
adessive
burnoutillaan burnoutillansa
burnouteillaan burnouteillansa
ablative
burnoutiltaan burnoutiltansa
burnouteiltaan burnouteiltansa
allative
burnoutilleen burnoutillensa
burnouteilleen burnouteillensa
essive
burnoutinaan burnoutinansa
burnouteinaan burnouteinansa
translative
burnoutikseen burnoutiksensa
burnouteikseen burnouteiksensa
abessive
burnoutittaan burnoutittansa
burnouteittaan burnouteittansa
instructive
comitative
—burnouteineen burnouteinensa :

### Further reading

* “burnout”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02