Disregard our current state (8)
I believe the answer is:
missouri
'state' is the definition.
(Missouri is an example)
'disregard our current' is the wordplay.
'disregard' becomes 'miss' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'current' becomes 'I' (physics symbol).
'miss'+'our'+'i'='MISSOURI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for missouri that I've seen before include "24th American state to join the Union, 1821" , "So is rum I alter to the state" , "American state's" , "Midwestern US state" , "Biggest tributary of the Mississippi" .)