Meanings
- businessThe process by which components of a system are exercised prior to being placed in service (and sometimes before assembly), forcing certain failures to occur under supervised conditions.
- The phase preceding a burn-out in which a worker's productivity and engagement with their work declines.
1 more example
A huge personal investment results in a huge ‘burn-in’. This is probably the first state that needs to be dealt with, before switching to ‘burn-out’. Indeed discussion about the important interaction between the two could lead to the avoidance of ‘burn-out’ through understanding ‘burn-in’. Interestingly, a large body of literature has shown that professionals in the mental heath^([sic]) services seem to be more vulnerable to the ‘burn-in’—‘burn-out’ process.
2005, Thomas Hyphantis, Venetsanos Mavreas, “‘Burning In’ – ‘Burning Out’ in Public: Aspects of the Burnout Process in Community-Based Psychiatric Services”, in Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Cary L. Cooper, editors, Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology, page 538
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
French burn-in
- burn-inAt work
Turkish rodaj
- rodajFor components
Cite this entry
burn-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn-in
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