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Deeply unhappy with minute quantity of ashes? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mournful

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'deeply unhappy' is the definition.
'mournful' can be an answer for 'unhappy' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'deeply' bit.

'with minute quantity of ashes?' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'minute' becomes 'mo' (both can mean a short amount of time).
'quantity of ashes?' becomes 'urnful' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mo' next to 'urnful' is 'MOURNFUL'.

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(Other definitions for mournful that I've seen before include "Doleful, plaintive" , "Gloomy" , "Lugubrious" , "Feeling grief" , "Expressing sadness" .)

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