Crossword Genius

Dissatisfaction as Lennon -- Julia -- is oddly ignored (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ennui

'dissatisfaction' is the definition.
(ennui is a kind of dissatisfaction)

'lennon julia is oddly ignored' is the wordplay.
'is oddly ignored' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions are removed).
'lennon'+'julia'='lennonjulia'
The alternating letters of 'lennonjulia' are 'ENNUI'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for ennui that I've seen before include "to make one list less when connected" , "French boredom and lassitude" , "What's tedious and instils such listlessness" , "Feeling of listlessness" , "Mental weariness" .)

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