The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WIMP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result WIMP
- Chicken parts now imported
- Weakling from Caribbean: one sitting in house
- West Indian politician is a feeble person
- Women’s group taking on politician, a weak fellow
- I’m initially placed under wide doormat
- Feeble chap‘s wife a devil
- Wife to independent politician being spineless sort
- Read in this how I’m pusillanimous!
- Softy with little devil
- Women’s group representative gets wet
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The straight part
We know that "doormat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case doormat = wimp.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WIMP mean?
WIMP noun- Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm)
- Acronym of window-icon-mouse program.
- A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem.
- Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy
- To behave submissively.
- To render wimpy.