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Inexperienced? Not with us getting hardened (7)

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I believe the answer is:

callous

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'hardened' is the definition.
('callous' can be a synonym of 'hardened')

'inexperienced? not with us' is the wordplay.
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'us' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'getting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for callous that I've seen before include "Heartless" , "Hard-hearted" , "Not feeling" , "Emotionally hardened" , "Cruelly unfeeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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