dropoutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdrɒp.aʊt/us/ˈdrɑːp.aʊt/a person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification, or a person who lives in an unusual way:
a high school/college dropout
He was a loner and a dropout.
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