overrefined

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effete adj.
precious adj.

ADJECTIVE

effete

Synonyms

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burnt out corrupt debased decadent decayed declining decrepit degenerate dissipated dissolute drained enervated enfeebled far-gone feeble obsolete overripe played-out soft spent vitiated washed-out wasted weak worn-out

Antonyms

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capable tireless working

ADJECTIVE

precious

Synonyms

WEAK

affected alembicated artful artificial chichi choosy dainty delicate fastidious finicky fragile fussy la-di-da nice ostentatious overnice particular persnickety precieux pretentious refined showy stagy studied

Antonyms

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cheap common defective deficient disfavored impaired inexpensive useless valueless worthless

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overrefined

Haters could accuse the car of being overrefined, I suppose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

A beautiful, almost overrefined French deathpiece, finely done.

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Gieseking's Mozartian style has slid out of fashion somewhat since these recordings were made in the early 1950s; nowadays he is considered just a bit slick and overrefined.

From Time Magazine Archive

At other times he is an overrefined rhymester who thinks it snazzy to pretend that "pre-au-roral" is the best English version of a straightforward Russian word meaning "daybreak."

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In their self-conscious striving, their purity is strikingly mannerist and overrefined.

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