dropout
About 0.96 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
- noun Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
- noun One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
- noun The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
- noun A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
- noun Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
- noun A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.
Similar words
desertion abandonment discontinuance abandon leaver leave discontinuation quitting cessation quit
Often followed by
rate rates and prevention from problem who is in
Word family
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