dropout

Meaning

1. Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
2. Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
3. One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
4. The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
5. A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
6. Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
7. A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.

Synonyms

straggler

collegian

disciple

failure

learner

misfit

outcast

pupil

scholar

schoolchild

student

🧑‍🎓

undergraduate

withdrawal

withdrawn

educatee

learner disengagement

academic

Student

🧑‍🎓

Hyphenated as

drop‧out

Etymology

Deverbal from drop out.