Miserable people scrounged off accommodating Greek character (11)
I believe the answer is:
curmudgeons
'miserable people' is the definition.
'curmudgeons' can be an answer for 'people' (curmudgeon is a kind of person). I am not sure about the 'miserable' bit.
'scrounged off accommodating greek character' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'accommodating' is an insertion indicator.
'greek character' becomes 'mu' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'scrounged' is an anagram of 'curdgeons'.
'curdgeons' going around 'mu' is 'CURMUDGEONS'.
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