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Badly given care generates complaint (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grievance

'complaint' is the definition.
(I know that grievance is a type of complaint)

'badly given care' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'given'+'care'='givencare'
'givencare' with letters rearranged gives 'GRIEVANCE'.

'generates' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grievance that I've seen before include "Item causing resentment" , "Bad feeling" , "gripe" , "beef" , "Reason for dissatisfaction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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