__ Failure, an Out-and-Out Hopeless Case
Puzzle 3 of Nordic Connections Hard Pack
Question is: __ Failure, an Out-and-Out Hopeless Case
and the answer is: ABJECT
Word Meaning:
ABJECT — Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
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