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abject: Meaning and Definition of
ab•ject
Pronunciation: (ab'jekt, ab-jekt'), [key] — adj.
- utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
- contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
- shamelessly servile; slavish.
- cast aside.
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