abject

But in any narrative, if the protagonist is going to be at the center of a sea of abject joy and triumph, someone has to lose.

Featuring headache-inducing black-and-red graphics, the Virtual Boy was an abject failure.

No, this brief delay must be a sign that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is destined to result in abject failure.

The Khalifa told off Lupton Bey, who at that time was living in the most abject poverty, as his assistant.

Divitis servi maxime servi—Servants to the rich are the most abject.

Johnny's abject tone—he who had been so high-chested in the past—may have had its effect upon the boss.

The mother was an unlovely object in her abject sorrow and despair.

Then, in the midst of this abject self-pity, I was stricken with shame.