Stringy story to inspire? Not quite (7)
I believe the answer is:
fibrous
'stringy' is the definition.
(I know that stringy can be written as fibrous)
'story to inspire? not quite' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'fib' (synonyms).
'to inspire?' is an insertion indicator (inspire can mean to breathe in).
'not' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'quite' becomes 'rus' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o' inserted within 'rus' is 'rous'.
'fib'+'rous'='FIBROUS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fibrous that I've seen before include "Like roughage" , "Of, or containing, filaments" , "Stringy" , "Offering lots of roughage" .)