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dropout

[drop-out] / ˈdrɒpˌaʊt /


NOUN
someone who gives up
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Gordon Hall, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon, explained that Asian Americans have high dropout rates after going to therapy.

From Los Angeles Times

From Fortune 500 CEOs to college dropouts, everyone had a web-based business idea.

From The Wall Street Journal

The get-tough approach still has proponents, but critics argued that it increased the number of dropouts while providing too little benefit.

From Los Angeles Times

It had no more side effects or study dropouts than the placebo pill received by the control participants.

From Barron's

“Look at the dropout rates. Look at the depths of despair. Look at the issues around loneliness. Look at every critical category. It’s just blinking red lights for young men.”

From Los Angeles Times