ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Burn-in

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Burn-in is a noun meaning The phase preceding a burn-out in which a worker's productivity and engagement with their work declines.

Meaning

The phase preceding a burn-out in which a worker's productivity and engagement with their work declines.

More Meanings

  1. (manufacturing) The process by which components of a system are exercised prior to being placed in service (and sometimes before assembly), forcing certain failures to occur under supervised conditions.

Example Sentences

A huge personal investment results in a huge ‘burn-in’. This is probably the first state that needs to be dealt with, before switching to ‘burn-out’. Indeed discussion about the important interaction between the two could lead to the avoidance of ‘burn-out’ through understanding ‘burn-in’. Interestingly, a large body of literature has shown that professionals in the mental heath^([sic]) services seem to be more vulnerable to the ‘burn-in’—‘burn-out’ process.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include burn, screenburn, bootload, bootup, booting, bootstrap.

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