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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. exhausted as a result of longtime stress;
- Example: "she was burned-out before she was 30"
[syn: burned-out, burnt-out]

2. inoperative as a result of heat or friction;
- Example: "a burned-out picture tube"
[syn: burned-out, burnt-out]

3. destroyed or badly damaged by fire;
- Example: "a row of burned houses"
- Example: "a charred bit of burnt wood"
- Example: "a burned-over site in the forest"
- Example: "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
[syn: burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

burned-out \burned-out\ burnt-out \burnt-out\adj. prenom. 1. drained of energy or effectiveness; driven to apathy by overwork or prolonged stress; -- of people. Syn: burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] 2. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire; as, barricaded the street with burned-out cars. Syn: burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

burned-out adj 1: exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30" [syn: burned-out, burnt- out] 2: inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube" [syn: burned-out, burnt-out] 3: 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" [syn: burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out]