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Ignored decent leg breaks (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neglected

'ignored' is the definition.
(I know that ignored can be written as neglected)

'decent leg breaks' is the wordplay.
'breaks' indicates anagramming the letters.
'decent'+'leg'='decentleg'
'decentleg' with letters rearranged gives 'NEGLECTED'.

(Other definitions for neglected that I've seen before include "Treated carelessly" , "Disregarded or failed to do something" , "Ignored, left undone" , "Failed to do or to attend to" , "Overgrown" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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