Translation

みじめな / 悲惨な / 卑屈な

Meaning

Abject means extremely miserable, poor, or degraded, especially in a way that suggests loss of dignity. It is much stronger than sad or bad. The learner trap is confusing abject with object.

Examples

• 彼らは極度の貧困の中で暮らしていました。
  They lived in abject poverty.
• その敗北はチームにとって屈辱的な失敗でした。
  The defeat was an abject failure for the team.