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Really lacking in energy, on going uphill around hospital (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

not half

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'really lacking' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'energy on going uphill around hospital' is the wordplay.
'energy on' becomes 'flat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'going' becomes 'on' (both can mean functioning or activated).
'uphill' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'flat'+'on'='flaton'
'flaton' reversed gives 'notalf'.
'notalf' going around 'h' is 'NOT HALF'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for not half that I've seen before include "unequal share for you or me" , "Very much, greatly" , "anything except 50%" , "Very much, exceedingly" , "I couldn't agree more!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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