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Adjective: effete  i'feet
  1. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
    "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
    - decadent
     
  2. Lacking in power or forcefulness
    - ineffective, ineffectual, unable

See also: impotent, indulgent

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