BURNED-OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burned-out mean? 

• BURNED-OUT (adjective)
  The adjective BURNED-OUT has 3 senses:

1. exhausted as a result of longtime stress

2. inoperative as a result of heat or friction

3. destroyed or badly damaged by fire

  Familiarity information: BURNED-OUT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURNED-OUT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exhausted as a result of longtime stress

Synonyms:

burned-out; burnt-out

Context example:

she was burned-out before she was 30

Similar:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inoperative as a result of heat or friction

Synonyms:

burned-out; burnt-out

Context example:

a burned-out picture tube

Similar:

unserviceable (not ready for service)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Destroyed or badly damaged by fire

Synonyms:

burned; burned-out; burned-over; burnt; burnt-out

Context example:

barricaded the street with burnt-out cars

Similar:

destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)

 Context examples 

On the table were the four guttered and burned-out candles, with the cards scattered over its surface.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The burned-out star, called a white dwarf, is the white dot in the center.

(Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star, NASA)