Effete
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No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. BrowningIf they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they mayseek new ones. Burke.
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(of a person) affected, overrefinded, and ineffectual: no longer capable of effective action...
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weak and without much power:
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Affected and overly refined.
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