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Definition of a burnout

burnout

noun

  • reduction in job performance and life satisfaction due to prolonged stress, frustration, or boredom.
                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                        

    Citation from "A strategy for beating burnout", Chronicle, Ron Consolino, Oct 2, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 07 2009.

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