Cheap quality ruins Don's dishes (10)

I believe the answer is:

shoddiness

'cheap quality' is the definition.

'ruins don's dishes' is the wordplay.
'ruins' is an anagram indicator.
'dons'+'dishes'='donsdishes'
'donsdishes' is an anagram of 'SHODDINESS'.

(Another definition for shoddiness that I've seen is " Poor quality".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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