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Very displeased with a useless railway (5)

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I believe the answer is:

angry

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'very displeased' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can sometimes mean the same thing.

'with a useless railway' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a useless' becomes 'ang' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'railway' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'ang'+'ry' is 'ANGRY'.

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(Other definitions for angry that I've seen before include "Very annoyed" , "In a temper" , "Furious" , "Irate, wrathful" , "In a paddy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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