burned out
1. Overworked or exhausted, especially to the point of no longer being able to maintain a particular level of performance or dedication. If you keep working nights and weekends, you're going to get burned out. She's probably burned out after studying all week. If you're so burned out, have you considered working at a different company?
2. slang Physically damaged by drug use. Typically used to describe an IV drug user's veins. I used to be an addict, honey, so my veins are all burned out these days. A: "You can't draw the patient's blood?" B: "No, his veins are all burned out. What do I do?" I knew my veins were all burned out, and I still kept using—that's the power of addiction.
3. slang Negatively impacted by drug use or addiction. You can't just dismiss these burned out students when they clearly need help and guidance. Joel was totally burned out, but ever since rehab, he's been a completely different person. Is Ellie taking something? She seems really burned out, and you can barely have a conversation with her.
4. slang Tolerant of a certain drug and thus unable to feel its effects anymore. I'm burned out on that stuff, man—it just does nothing for me anymore. I was shocked to see how much he took. He's really burned out on it, huh? You're burned out on it, so you need to take more and more and more. That's exactly what the dealers want, man.
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