burnout

UK/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/US/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,441 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: burnouts

Burnout is deep exhaustion from months of too much stress on the job. Suffer burnout, on the edge of burnout, avoid burnout.

The World Health Organization classifies it as an occupational phenomenon rather than a medical condition, and defines it by three things: exhaustion, cynicism about the work, and a sense of ineffectiveness. Rest alone does not fix it if the job does not change.

Definitions of burnout

1nounburnoutDeep exhaustion from prolonged stress at work.B2+
“After years of twelve-hour days, the young lawyer suffered burnout and quit.”

burnout is an exhaustion.

Where it comes from

Deverbal from burn out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Work & Careers, Mental Health & Wellbeing

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burnout in the wild

Sabbaticals are also becoming more common in the medical profession, and are being used in intense subfields such as emergency medicine to reduce physician burnout.
Sabbatical
Emotional exhaustion is a symptom of burnout, a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion that results from excessive work or personal demands, or continuous stress.
Emotional exhaustion
The ICD-11 of the World Health Organization (WHO) describes occupational burnout as a work-related phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.
Occupational burnout
The same technique can also be applied to textiles other than velvet, such as lace or the fabrics in burnout t-shirts.
Devoré

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