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German philosopher, no good — a baddie (4)

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I believe the answer is:

heel

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'good a baddie' is the definition.
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'german philosopher no' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'philosopher' becomes 'Hegel' (German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel).
'no' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'hegel' with 'g' taken out is 'HEEL'.

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(Other definitions for heel that I've seen before include "Reprehensible person" , "order to dog" , "scumbag" , "Instruction to a dog" , "afoot?" .)

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