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Inadequate doctor runs team, cutting wages (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incommensurate

'inadequate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'doctor runs team cutting wages' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'wages' becomes 'income' (I've seen this in another clue).
'runs'+'team'='runsteam'
'runsteam' with letters rearranged gives 'mensurat'.
'mensurat' put into 'income' is 'INCOMMENSURATE'.

(Other definitions for incommensurate that I've seen before include "it's not enough" , "out of all proportion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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