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Uncomfortable week stuck in a room in hospital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awkward

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'uncomfortable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'week stuck in a room in hospital' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'week' could be 'wk' (common abbreviation) and 'wk' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'room' could be 'ward' (I've seen this before) and 'ward' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for awkward that I've seen before include "Gauche and clumsy" , "Inelegant; tricky" , "Lacking dexterity" , "Clumsy and ungraceful" , "Causing difficulty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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