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[ burnd-out ] / ˈbɜrndˈaʊt /
adjectiveconsumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube. exhausted or made listless through overwork, stress, or intemperance. deprived of one's regular place to live, work, etc., by a destructive fire. Also burnt-out [burnt-out] /ˈbɜrntˈaʊt/ . Origin of burned-outFirst recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby burned-outburn at the stake, burn bag, burn center, burn down, burned, burned-out, burned up, Burne-Jones, burner, burner phone, burnet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for burned-outTwo burned-out cars at the site were full of bullet holes fired from the side, not the front. Blood, Faith and Fatalism in Divided Ukraine|Anna Nemtsova|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST And so after the book launched, a frustrated and burned-out Ratigan walked away, seeking meaning and purpose in his life. Dylan Ratigan Unplugged: Ex-MSNBC Host Turns Hydroponic Entrepreneur|Daniel Gross|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST When Gerald Ford picked Nelson Rockefeller as vice president from 1974 to 1977, it was a consolation prize to a burned-out boom. House Republicans Hold Their Noses About Mitt Romney|John Batchelor|November 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST The burned-out carcasses of police vehicles and torched cars served as a reminder of the violent day. Anarchists Hijack Rome Protests|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The woman was found dead in her burned-out car in her Capitol Hill garage early Monday. What Caused the Fire That Killed Ashley Turton?|Pat Wingert|January 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Until that morning he had scarcely spoken to her for a week; his manner was as dry as a burned-out fire. The Portrait of a Lady|Henry James They wander among old trails in the forests and they meet old friends by the side of burned-out campfires. The Princess Pocahontas|Virginia Watson The horses carried the cart a gallant thirty miles that day, and we camped at a burned-out village. The Balkan Peninsula|Frank Fox What remains of the palace might be naught but the broken wall of an old kiln, or the fragment of some burned-out factory. The Dukeries|R. Murray Gilchrist So when the danger had passed our Station, I took the detachment down into the burned-out forest for a week's training in camp. Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly
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