adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
abject misery (= extreme unhappiness )
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The news plunged him into abject misery .
abject/dismal failure (= used to emphasize how bad a failure is )
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The experiment was considered a dismal failure.
abject/grinding/dire poverty (= extremely severe )
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He was shocked by the abject poverty that he saw.
an abject apology formal (= one that shows that you are very sorry )
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The BBC issued an abject apology for insulting the Queen.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
failure
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Its strategy was an abject failure on its own terms, for the Gaullists romped home in the June elections.
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A central reason cited for the cutback was the abject failure of highly touted sports movies.
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Its credibility has been severely damaged and its attempts to find a solution to the problem have resulted in abject failure .
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The expedition was over, an abject failure .
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On an emotional day like October 19, he could have made the difference between success and abject failure .
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All his attempts to organize street parties, coach outings and singalongs in the local pubs ended in abject failure .
misery
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But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery .
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For the first three years he endured abject misery .
poverty
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Many such families are living in abject poverty at home or as refugees abroad, cut off from family and friends.
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The parasite has been nurtured by abject poverty , intermittent political chaos and, some charge, international indifference.
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Wealth was much more frequent than abject poverty .
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In a continent where economic successes are rare, authoritarianism may seem a lesser evil than abject poverty .
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The Sisters also try never to reject anyone in abject poverty , the hungry or starving.
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However, many people are living in abject poverty because of the poll tax.
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He was born in abject poverty with a family history of madness, yet grew up to take the world by storm.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A central reason cited for the cutback was the abject failure of highly touted sports movies.
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Ice-cold, shocked, her stomach a tight knot of abject terror, Polly gazed wildly around her.
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In July 1583 he escaped to St Andrews, and set about destroying his tormentors or pardoning some in return for abject submission.
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In this situation, abject apologies in some respects remain complicit with the patronizing attitudes from which they attempt to disassociate themselves.
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The parasite has been nurtured by abject poverty, intermittent political chaos and, some charge, international indifference.
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Wealth was much more frequent than abject poverty.
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What these hopefuls achieved for their pleasure and pain was a violent lifestyle of abject poverty.
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When Margarett fell into abject depression days later, Shaw was prepared.