abject
adjective/ˈæbdʒekt/
/ˈæbdʒekt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- terrible and without hope
- abject poverty/misery/failure
- without any respect for yourself
- an abject apology
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abicere ‘reject’, from ab- ‘away’ + jacere ‘to throw’.
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