Forgetful dope going around drunk receives information (9)
I believe the answer is:
negligent
'forgetful' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'dope going around drunk receives information' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'dope' could be 'gen' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'gen' is found within the answer.
'drunk' could be 'lit' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'lit' is present in the leftover letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for negligent that I've seen before include "Failing to take proper care" , "Not minding" , "sloppy" , "Careless of duties" , "Lax" .)