Dropout Definition

drŏpout
dropouts
noun
One who drops out; specif., a person who withdraws from school, esp. high school, before graduating.
Webster's New World
One who has withdrawn from a given social group or environment.
American Heritage
A segment of magnetic tape on which expected information is absent.
American Heritage
The failure to read a bit of stored information.
American Heritage

Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course.

The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
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Noun

Singular:
dropout
Plural:
dropouts

Dropout Sentence Examples

  • Taking online classes at home can help a teen dropout to get his GED so that he can get a better paying job.

  • Tune in and be turned on by the new one-piece dropout.

  • A high school dropout he joined the Marine Corps at 17.The military and he saw things differently.

  • Only the students with the most severe functional difficulties, the fourth quartile, shows less dropout then the rest.

  • His debut rap album, The College Dropout, was released in 2004, earning him a number of awards, including a Grammy award for Best Rap album, setting the stage for a string of hit albums to follow.

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