Uninspired writers (5)
I believe the answer is:
hacks
'uninspired writers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for hacks that I've seen before include "Coughs" , "Reporters found in shack" , "Chops like lowly journalists" , "Workaday journalists" , "Cuts roughly; bad writers" .)