VIP's sea trip producing no reaction (7)
I believe the answer is:
passive
'no reaction' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'vip's sea trip' is the wordplay.
'trip' is an anagram indicator.
'vips'+'sea'='vipssea'
'vipssea' with letters rearranged gives 'PASSIVE'.
'producing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for passive that I've seen before include "Submissive" , "Inert; not acting" , "Docile" , "Inactive or non-resistant" , "Unresisting" .)