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Felt badly dated when dropped (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

left out

'dropped' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'felt badly dated' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'dated' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in another clue).
'felt' is an anagram of 'left'.
'left'+'out'='LEFT OUT'

'when' is the link.

(Another definition for left out that I've seen is " Omitted".)

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