The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABJECT
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More clues leading to the result ABJECT
- Miserable sailor about to board plane
- Forlorn thing, replacing love with one
- Very low jab etc punished
- Wretched article needs new start
- Pathetic thing with a replacement for old …
- A thing that doesn’t start is woeful
- Mean to express disapproval with fresh approach
- Bachelor in Paris, I engaged in deed of lowest kind
- A target missing its first base
- Miserable thing — article has nothing going for it
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The straight part
We know that "woeful" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case woeful = abject.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABJECT mean?
ABJECT noun- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
- Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
- Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
- Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
- Rejected; cast aside.
- To cast off or out; to reject.
- To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.