Effete /(?)/

Ef·fete

Effete

a.
  1. 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.
    If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones.