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Lack of interest makes me brood (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boredom

'lack of interest' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'makes me brood' is the wordplay.
'makes' is an anagram indicator.
'me'+'brood'='mebrood'
'mebrood' anagrammed gives 'BOREDOM'.

(Other definitions for boredom that I've seen before include "Feeling" , "Overseers" , "Tedium, ennui" , "Monotony" , "weary idleness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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