Definition of Dropouts

1. Noun. (plural of dropout) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dropouts

1. dropout [n] - See also: dropout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dropouts

droplet infection
droplet nuclei
droplets
droplight
droplights
droplike
dropline
droplist
droplists
dropmeal
dropoff
dropoffs
dropout
dropout factories
dropout factory
dropouts (current term)
droppable
dropped
dropped beat
dropped ceiling
dropped egg
dropped eggs
dropped in
dropped off
dropped out
dropper
dropperful
dropperfuls
droppers
droppersful

Literary usage of Dropouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illicit Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking by America's High School Students by Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman (1993)
"In fact, the dropouts may be fairly similar to the absentees. ... Extrapolating to dropouts from absentees. To estimate the drug usage prevalence rates for ..."

2. Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three by Blair B. Borque (1997)
"These early dropouts could be considered to be a type of participant selection error that ... Some of these late dropouts were youths who had been recycled. ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A group of Mexican American and white American school dropouts were compared ... The sample group consisted of school dropouts and comparison subjects in ..."

4. Youth Indicators, 1996: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youthby Thomas Snyder, Linda Shafer by Thomas Snyder, Linda Shafer (1997)
"... dropouts in the year that they dropped out: October 1970 to October 1994 dropouts [Numbers in thousands] dropouts in the civilian labor force2 dropouts ..."

5. Dropout Rates in the United States, 1993 by Marilyn M. McMillens (1996)
"About 27 percent of female dropouts said they left school because they were ... Black dropouts were far less likely than their peers to have reported "got ..."

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