Effete
adjectiveɪ'fit
Adjective
affected, overrefined, and effeminate
“the young man spoke in effete, accented English”
deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
“fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished”
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