dropout

• Nom désignant une personne qui quitte un établissement d'enseignement avant la fin de ses études, ou qui se retire d'un groupe social ou de la société conventionnelle.

A noun referring to a person who leaves school before completing their studies, or someone who withdraws from a social group or conventional society.

1. School leaverB2formal

   A person who leaves school or college before completing their course of study.

   Personne ayant abandonné ses études

   • He was a high school dropout but later earned his GED.
   • The program aims to help dropouts return to education.
   • Many dropouts struggle to find stable employment.

   Antonymesalumnusgraduate

2. Social withdrawalB2informal

   A person who withdraws from conventional society or a particular social group.

   marginal

   • After the scandal, he became a social dropout and moved to a remote cabin.
   • She was a corporate dropout who now runs a small farm.
   • The commune was full of dropouts seeking an alternative lifestyle.

   Synonymeshermitlonermisfitnonconformistoutsiderrecluse

   Antonymesmemberparticipant