Abject

ab·ject [ab-jekt, ab-jekt]
adjective
1. hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:
:Abject homelessness.
2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited:
:An abject fool.
3. shamelessly servile; slavish.
:An abject servant.
4. Obsolete. cast aside.
==Origin==
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin abjectus thrown down (past participle of abicere, abjicere), equivalent to ab- ab + -jec- throw + -tus past participle suffix
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