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Regularly ignored disdain of jerk being foolish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idiotic

'foolish' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'regularly ignored disdain of jerk' is the wordplay.
'regularly ignored' indicates alternate letters.
'jerk' becomes 'tic' (I've seen this before).
'disdain'+'of'='disdainof'
The alternate letters of 'disdainof' are 'idio'.
'idio'+'tic'='IDIOTIC'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for idiotic that I've seen before include "Daft" , "description of Dostoevsky hero?" , "Senseless" , "Half witted" , "Ridiculous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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