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Making a little ballerina nervous is foolish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inane

'foolish' is the definition.
(inane can mean silly or foolish)

'making a little ballerina nervous is' is the wordplay.
'making a little' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the solution makes a little part of the clue).
'INANE' can be found hidden inside 'ballerina nervous is'.

(Other definitions for inane that I've seen before include "Lacking sense, silly" , "Foolish, fatuous" , "Empty" , "Really stupid" , "Devoid of intelligence" .)

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