Definition of "stressed-out" []

• Informal Undergoing or suffering the effects of extreme stress: "frequent asides that are often exasperating to today's more stressed-out public” ( James Wilcox). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When divorce does happen, it only adds to the stress faced by an already stressed-out population."
• "American policy makers and educators are at a dangerous crossroads: we can marginalize union villains and squeeze performance gains from stressed-out professionals living in a time warped learning paradigm."
• "Would you allow your stressed-out child to spend a day at home doing absolutely nothing so he/she can decompress?"