Inane is potentially the answer! (7)

I believe the answer is:

asinine

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'inane is potentially the answer' is the definition.
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'inane is potentially' is the wordplay.
'potentially' indicates an anagram (letters have the potential to spell a new word).
'inane'+'is'='inaneis'
'inaneis' with letters rearranged gives 'ASININE'.

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(Other definitions for asinine that I've seen before include "Idiotic" , "Foolish like donkey" , "Extremely stupid or foolish" , "Foolish, silly" , "Is Annie? (Anag)" .)

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