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Ill-disposed to put files in order (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spiteful

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'in order' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'ill-disposed to put files' is the wordplay.
'ill disposed' is an anagram indicator.
'put'+'files'='putfiles'
'putfiles' is an anagram of 'SPITEFUL'.

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(Other definitions for spiteful that I've seen before include "nasty!" , "With desire to hurt" , "Malevolent, wanting to hurt" , "Vengeful, malicious" , "Showing malice" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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