burned out

burned out
AND burnt out
1. mod. tired; bored.
□ I’m burned out after all that partying.
□ I don’t want to work with burnt out people. I need energy.
2. mod. having to do with the ruined veins of an addict. (Drugs.)
□ These old ropes are just burned out. I don’t know what to do.
□ My veins are burnt out so I shoot in the jug.
3. mod. ruined by marijuana smoking. (Drugs. See also burnout.)
□ The poor kid was burned out at the age of twelve.
□ What’s left for these burned out kids?
4. mod. no longer affected by a particular drug. (Drugs.)
□ It’s no good. I’m just burned out. The stuff doesn’t affect me at all.
□ She was burned out on Q.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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