abject
Definisie in die woordeboek Engels
abject
/ˈæbdʒɪkt/, /ˈæbdʒɛkt/
Definisies
Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
(obsolete) Cast down; rejected; low-lying.
(obsolete) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
sinonieme
contemptible · low-down · unhopeful · miserable · submissive · scurvy · scummy · low · unfortunate · hopeless · resigned · despicable · outcast · castaway · cur · fink · servile
low · low-down · miserable · scummy · scurvy
of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
unhopeful
showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
grammatika
abject ( comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject)
abject ( plural abjects)
abject ( third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)
abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject)
abject (plural abjects)
abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)
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Approximately 1 billion of its inhabitants suffer in abject and disgraceful poverty.UN-2 UN-2
To reduce abject poverty.UN-2 UN-2
Since one of the Millennium Development Goals is to halve by # the number of people living in abject poverty, the COP may equally wish to consider the UNCCD as an important framework for achieving that objectiveMultiUn MultiUn
Not even Arnold Schwarzenegger, who faced off against Stallone in the first one, could have rescued this from abject boredom."WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
For a long, long moment there was only shame: the abject shame of dishonor.Literature Literature
Many thousands lived in dire conditions and faced abject poverty on the margins of urban centres and saw their priorities as access to land, improved housing, education, health care, water and sanitation.UN-2 UN-2
Even if we exclude the ongoing human toll in Iraq and the Occupied Territories or the mounting abject poverty in rural Egypt and Yemen, our biggest economy, Saudi Arabia, has recorded a less-than-average performance: $168 billion domestic debt and a real per capita GDP that fell by more than 42 per cent (in constant United States dollars) between 1980 and 2000, which raised the percentage of people living in poverty.UN-2 UN-2
After having been abducted and sold, they had to cross the ocean under the most abject conditions — a journey many did not survive — only to endure a life marked by hard labour and unspeakable pain, finally dying anonymously, surrounded by indifference.UN-2 UN-2
It was an abject calumny.OpenSubtitles2018.v3 OpenSubtitles2018.v3
The new Administration has reinforced and extended the “Red Solidaria” programme, aimed at combating poverty in those municipalities in which abject poverty is a severe problem.UN-2 UN-2
Henry about a young husband and wife who lived in abject poverty yet who wanted to give one another a special gift.LDS LDS
In Gaza, UNRWA delivered an additional 530,000 emergency food aid parcels to nearly 140,000 Palestine refugee families, benefiting 748,040 individuals living in abject or absolute poverty.UN-2 UN-2
Deprivation and abject poverty had caused them gradually to take to prostitution.UN-2 UN-2
To whom could that abject use of thou be addressed?MIZAN MIZAN
Is it possible, then, that he who acquires anything so great and valuable and noble should be of an abject spirit?Literature Literature
As a result of the Agency-wide special hardship case survey and an analysis of poverty data from all fields (except Lebanon), field-specific absolute and abject poverty lines were developed, income thresholds and eligibility criteria for special hardship case families revised accordingly and new payment schemes proposedMultiUn MultiUn
The answer must include a rejection of flagrant injustice and abject povertyMultiUn MultiUn
Human dignity can neither be achieved nor guaranteed in an environment of abject poverty and denial of inalienable rightsMultiUn MultiUn
It features members of the family and their children playing around the cemetery and the abject poverty they live in.gv2019 gv2019
He cautioned himself that his abject gratitude might not last, once he was on his feet again.Literature Literature
Half of Iraq's Christians were forced to leave the country following the outbreak of war and to seek refuge in neighbouring Syria and Jordan, where they are all living in abject poverty.not-set not-set
As of the end of 2011, 780,000 refugees in abject or absolute poverty had received food assistance from UNRWA, 680,000 under the emergency programme and 100,000 from the social safety net funded by the regular budget.UN-2 UN-2
I mean, I had no idea he was living in such abject poverty with only a bird to talk to.OpenSubtitles2018.v3 OpenSubtitles2018.v3
The most abject barbarity would forever tarnish the image of Europe.UN-2 UN-2
But, rising instances of nationalism fueled by abject disregard for rule of law has created a dangerous situation for minorities in India.gv2019 gv2019
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