Cryptic crossword clue
Second-rate, flaccid? Ignore 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLANK

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The straight part
We know that "ignore (someone)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ignore (someone) = blank.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BLANK mean?

BLANK noun
  1. A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
  2. A nonplus .
  3. The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
  4. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .
  5. An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
  6. (now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
  7. Blank verse .
  8. A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
  9. A vacant space, place, or period; a void .
  10. The 1 / 230400 of a grain .
  11. An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .
  12. A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
  13. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
  14. A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
  15. Short for blank cartridge. .
  16. (in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .
BLANK verb
  1. To make void; to erase.
  2. To ignore (a person) deliberately.
  3. To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
  4. To become blank.
  5. To be temporarily unable to remember.
BLANK adjective
  1. White or pale; without colour.
  2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
  3. Scoreless; without any goals or points.
  4. Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
  5. Absolute; downright; sheer.
  6. Without expression.
  7. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
  8. Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
  9. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
  10. Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

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