Inadequate character grabbing a daughter, a tearaway girl? (7)
I believe the answer is:
ladette
'inadequate character' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'grabbing a daughter a tearaway girl?' is the wordplay.
'grabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'a tearaway girl?' becomes 'lette' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'d'='ad'
'ad' put within 'lette' is 'LADETTE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladette that I've seen before include "badly behaved girl" , "Tomboy" , "binge-drinker" , "lively girl" , "Rowdy youngster" .)