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Synonyms for effete

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  1. Lacking vigor

    weakened, decadent, exhausted, spent, soft, overrefined, enervated, debilitated, worn out, played out, bloodless, etiolated; see also weak 1.

  2. Incapable of production

    unproductive, sterile, barren; see sterile 1, 2.

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