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ˈabdʒɛkt/
adj.
  - (of something bad) experienced to the maximum degree:![]()  living in abject poverty. 
- completely without pride or dignity:![]()  an abject apology. 
Derivative
- abjection n.
- abjectly adv.
- abjectness n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘rejected’): from L. abjectus, abicere ‘reject’, from ab- ‘away’ + jacere ‘to throw’.