effete
/ɪˈfiːt/
adjective
- No longer effective or productive; worn out and weak.
- After years of neglect, the soil in the region grew effete and could no longer support crops.
- Critics argued that the company's effete management style was causing it to lose market share.
- The once-powerful empire had become effete and unable to defend its borders.
- Overly refined and self-indulgent; lacking strength or vigor.
- Some people view modern art as effete and disconnected from real life.
- The novel was criticized for its effete characters who spent their days worrying about trivial matters.
- He dismissed the fashion show as effete and irrelevant to everyday people.