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effete
/ɪ'fit/
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effete
adjective
affected, overrefined, and effeminate
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"the young man spoke in effete, accented English"
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refined
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adjective
deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
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"fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished"
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potent
unrefined
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