Work & careers
be burnt out
exhausted from prolonged effort
If you are burnt out, you are extremely tired and have little energy after working or studying too hard for too long.
Hear it in real life
Are you coming out tonight?
No, I am burnt out and need an early night.
I felt completely burnt out after working six weekends in a row.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am burn out after work.
Say: I am burnt out after work.
Use “burnt out” as the adjective after “be” or “feel.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be burnt out; feel burnt out; get burnt out
Your turn: say it out loud
I felt completely burnt out after working six weekends in a row.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be burnt out
exhausted from prolonged effort
“I felt completely burnt out after working six weekends in a row.”
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