dropout

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dropout

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Deverbal from drop out.

noun dropouts · drop-out

countable, uncountable Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
countable, uncountable Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
countable, uncountable One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so. The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive.
countable, uncountable The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
countable, uncountable A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
countable, uncountable Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
countable, uncountable A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: desertion, abandonment, discontinuance, abandon, leaver, leave, discontinuation, quitting, cessation, quit, renunciation, departure, exit, disclaimer, truancy, relinquishment

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noun one who leaves without completing

Español	estudiante de carrera trunca
日本語	中退者 chūtaisha
Deutsch	Abbrecher, Abbrecherin, Uni-Abbrecher, Uni-Abbrecherin, Schulabbrecher, Schulabbrecherin
Italiano	emarginato, escluso, rinunciatario, abbandono, ripetente

noun someone who has opted out of conventional society

日本語	落ち零れ ochikobore, 負け組 makegumi
Deutsch	Aussteiger, Aussteigerin

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@misc{dropout_2026,
  title = {dropout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dropout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}