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dropout

dropout

78 3.4
A person who leaves school, college, or another group before finishing
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɒpˌaʊt/
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Examples

  • Some of them were, but many of them are long term dropouts from the workforce.

  • I had gone as a high school dropout who got his GED.

  • And I, I had been a high school dropout and then I never went back to school.

  • High school dropout, military service, arrest record, prison time.

  • I can say that even though I'm a college dropout, I had great teachers.

  • Or you are a high school dropout, then your life chances on the labor market will be lousy, right?

  • He was a high school dropout who got admitted to a Biological Sciences degree.

  • If you're a black male high school dropout, you're more likely to be in prison than you are to have a job.

  • He's a high school dropout who grew up in the projects of Queens, NY.

  • As a high school dropout, he faced many challenges in finding stable employment.

Synonyms

withdrawer
vsdropout
8.2

A student who leaves school or college before finishing their studies

is used for leaving schools or other groups and activities before finishing

Antonyms

551 3.4

A person who has finished a course at a college or university and received a degree

Surface Forms

dropout singular
dropouts plural

Morphology

dropout = drop (transparent) = out + drop

The noun is built from the very common phrasal verb 'drop out', so the school-leaver meaning is directly recoverable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Dropout comes from the phrase drop out, where drop means 'to fall' or 'leave' and out means 'away from the group'; so a dropout is someone who 'leaves' school or an activity before finishing.