abject
A person in the lowest and most despicable conditionA person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
» Algeria needs to eliminate abject poverty.
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1 sensesA person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
Examples
7 sentencesAlgeria needs to eliminate abject poverty.
These people live in abject poverty.
ruЭти люди живут в чудовищной нищете. — odexed
Tom, a self-made millionaire, had lived in abject poverty as a child.
deTom, der es aus eigener Kraft zum Millionär brachte, hatte als Kind in bitterer Armut gelebt. — raggione
With abject horror she realized that he had already started to eat the body.
deMit äußerstem Grausen erkannte sie, dass er bereits angefangen hatte, die Leiche zu essen. — Yorwba
Abject poverty and lack of work has led people to go to extreme measures.
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4 languagesDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.