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Prune option sadly unsuitable (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inopportune

'unsuitable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'prune option sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'prune'+'option'='pruneoption'
'pruneoption' anagrammed gives 'INOPPORTUNE'.

(Other definitions for inopportune that I've seen before include "mistimed" , "Ill-timed" , "Not happy" , "Inconveniently timed" , "Untimely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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