Suckling a French ewe and failing (8)

I believe the answer is:

unweaned

'suckling' is the definition.
(a baby that still suckles has not yet been weaned)

'a french ewe and failing' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'failing' is an anagram indicator.
'ewe'+'and'='eweand'
'eweand' with letters rearranged gives 'weaned'.
'un'+'weaned'='UNWEANED'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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