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abject

/ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/ noun C2
  1. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.

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I often ask pardon of God, I swear to you, because this action, the only one with which I have seriously to reproach myself in all my life, is no doubt the cause of my abject condition.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 303 · C1
Danglars, who thought himself threatened (certain consciences are never calm),—Danglars even before his guests showed a countenance of abject terror.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 972 · C1

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