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dropout

noun as in unconventional person

noun as in someone who gives up

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Many blame grade inflation and an effort to avoid a high school dropout epidemic.

The dropout rate remains high, though – and some students take longer than the standard two-years to complete the course.

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It’s hard to say whether negative-minded high school dropout Romain will wind up on the other side of what troubles him.

We were both dropouts, which is not a bad thing as long as you have a vision of the future.

The billionaire financier who transformed Dole into the world’s largest producer of fruits and vegetables was a dyslexic high school dropout who made and lost a fortune by the time he was 40.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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