unembarrassed
adjective
un·em·bar·rassed
ˌən-im-ˈber-əst 
-ˈba-rəst
: not embarrassed: such as
a
: feeling or showing no embarrassment
an unembarrassed smile
They realized that young consumers feel unembarrassed about bus travel—as long as they can stay online.—
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b
: not constrained or encumbered
… a tone which seemed unembarrassed by any doubt of the most cordial reception.—Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter ScottExamples of unembarrassed in a Sentence
he seemed thoroughly unembarrassed by his sycophantic behavior at the company party
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Domingo replies, practically batting his eyelashes, unembarrassed to ask me to expand on my compliment.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Exultant Republicans are claiming vindication for their unembarrassed support of Israel’s merciless military strategy.
—Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Unembarrassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unembarrassed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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