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Note is occasionally read and belittled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minimised

'belittled' is the definition.
('belittled'->'minimized' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'note is occasionally read' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'minim' (type of musical note).
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
The alternating letters of 'read' are 'ed'.
'minim'+'is'+'ed'='MINIMISED'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for minimised that I've seen before include "Made as small as possible" , "Made light of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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