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Being unqualified she shows some hesitation (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sheer

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'being unqualified' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'some hesitation' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'she' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hesitation' becomes 'er'.
'she'+'er'='SHEER'

'she shows' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for sheer that I've seen before include "Almost perpendicular or very thin" , "Unqualified" , "Precipitous or fine" , "Mere" , "Very steep or diaphanous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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