MEANING:
1. (of a condition or situation) extremely unpleasant and degrading
2. (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing
3. You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
EXAMPLES:
1. the abject condition of the peasants is pitiful
2. Tolu gave an abject apology
3. Both of them died in abject poverty