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Nadir

[NAY-dər]Part of speech: noun

Origin: arabic, 15th century

• The lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.
• The point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer.

Examples of Nadir in a sentence

• At the nadir of his sales career, he decided to try a new path and go back to school.
• I couldn’t find the Ursa Major constellation, because it was positioned at my nadir.

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[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Illya Kuryakin was proud of the work he did for UNCLE. He knew that the chances of him making it to forty and retiring from field service were slim. He still intended to work toward his goal of seeing the nadir of the organization known as THRUSH.

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At his nadir, he was bent, worn, blistered, aching in every bone. He knelt on the sand with his forehead on the ground, eyes closed, and prayed to be allowed to sleep. All of that would depend on his master, and he had enough bruises to show that his master’s whims were unpredictable and cruel. Truly, being an agent was a terrible job, at times.