1
: having no shame : insensible to disgrace
a shameless braggart
2
: showing lack of shame
the shameless exploitation of workers
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
Examples of shameless in a Sentence
The actor made a shameless plug for his movie.
a shameless display of poor sportsmanship
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There is nothing that can be done about the Big Ten’s shameless power grab, but something can be done about its efforts to corner more spots in a playoff bracket of any size.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
For decades known primarily to New Yorkers as reassuring tough guy and — thanks to his sometimes-shameless antics on local TV and radio — object of parody, Sliwa has lately found unlikely national celebrity as a social media folk legend.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Trump is a shameless, concerted abuser of this lamentable executive inheritance.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
There’s a certain hopefulness to those films that became harder to watch as, in the real world, their targets only grew more powerful and shameless.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
For decades known primarily to New Yorkers as reassuring tough guy and — thanks to his sometimes-shameless antics on local TV and radio — object of parody, Sliwa has lately found unlikely national celebrity as a social media folk legend.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Trump is a shameless, concerted abuser of this lamentable executive inheritance.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
There’s a certain hopefulness to those films that became harder to watch as, in the real world, their targets only grew more powerful and shameless.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameless. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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shameless
adjective
shame·less
ˈshām-ləs 
1
: having no shame
2
: showing lack of shame
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
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