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Sense European is pathetic (2,3)

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no use

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'pathetic' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'sense european' is the wordplay.
'sense' becomes 'nous' (nous is a kind of sense).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'nous'+'e'='NO USE'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for no use that I've seen before include "Pointless" , "won't help?" , "Ineffectual" , "Futile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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