burned out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of burn out
adj
Alternative form of burnt out.
Example Sentences
- "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.”"
- "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."
- "If an employee is burned out, at the very least they may be entitled to a stress claim through their employer’s insurance."
Inflected Forms
more burned out (comparative)
most burned out (superlative)