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Miserable aim to get new leader (6)

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abject

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'miserable' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for abject that I've seen before include "Sorry" , "Down-hearted" , "Extreme, poverty say" , "Of the most contemptible kind" , "Submissive, miserable" .)

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