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Insulting our group in a bad vibe (7)

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I believe the answer is:

abusive

'insulting' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'our group in a bad vibe' is the wordplay.
'our group' becomes 'us'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'vibe' is an anagram of '[vibe]'.
'a'+'[vibe]'='a[vibe]'
'us' placed within 'abive' is 'ABUSIVE'.

(Other definitions for abusive that I've seen before include "Reviling with coarse language" , "Prone to mistreat" , "Defamatory" , "Extremely insulting" , "Swearing, insulting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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