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Detesting a thing being out of order (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hating

'detesting' is the definition.
('hate' can be a synonym of 'detest')

'a thing being out of order' is the wordplay.
'being out of order' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'thing'='athing'
'athing' with letters rearranged gives 'HATING'.

(Other definitions for hating that I've seen before include "Abhorring" , "Loathing" , "Disliking intensely" , "Having an aversion to" , "Detesting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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