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Ungodly teacher an irrelevance, ultimately (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

profane

'ungodly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'teacher an irrelevance ultimately' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'prof' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'irrelevance' is 'e'.
'prof'+'an'+'e'='PROFANE'

(Other definitions for profane that I've seen before include "vulgar" , "Secular, not religious" , "Contemptuous of sacred things" , "Blasphemous, irreligious" , "Sacrilegious or blasphemous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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