Study with current framework is rubbish (9)
I believe the answer is:
denigrate
'rubbish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'study with current framework' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'framework' becomes 'grate' (grate is a kind of framework).
'den'+'i'+'grate'='DENIGRATE'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for denigrate that I've seen before include "Bad-mouth" , "put down" , "Defame" , "Unfairly criticise" , "Run down" .)