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Dropout is defined as someone who doesn’t finish something such as school.

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An example of dropout is a high school student who withdrew after three years.

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noun

one who drops out; specif., a person who withdraws from school, esp. high school, before graduating

See dropout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. One who quits school.
b. One who has withdrawn from a given social group or environment.
Computer Science
a. A segment of magnetic tape on which expected information is absent.
b. The failure to read a bit of stored information.

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