Deprived of courage or confidence (8)

I believe the answer is:

unnerved

'deprived of courage or confidence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for unnerved that I've seen before include "Daunted" , "Deprived of courage or confidence" , "Caused to lose courage, shaken" , "Rattled - perturbed" , "scared" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Simplex) and The Irish Times.

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