Many times moderate leader is ignored (5)
I believe the answer is:
often
'many times' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'moderate leader is ignored' is the wordplay.
'moderate' becomes 'soften' (synonyms).
'leader is ignored' means to remove the first letter.
'soften' with its first letter removed is 'OFTEN'.
(Other definitions for often that I've seen before include "Perhaps daily" , "Much of the time" , "Frequently, not seldom" , "Repeatedly with regularity" , "Frequently, many times" .)