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as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
she's truly shameless in the seemingly endless self-promotion of herself
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as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
a shameless exploiter of impoverished workers in overseas sweatshops
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Recent Examples of shameless
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
Adjective
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Younger shoppers seem unabashed in their love of the spectacle and sparkle, the glamour of the lingerie, notes CEO Hillary Super.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her unabashed personal expression at the pinnacle of American women’s skating is quite radical.—
Jasmine Wynn,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Figure skating is ruthless that way.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss (Bening), Lucky must fight for her life — and a way out.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Playing in this year's Super Bowl was Rockwall legend Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the Rockwall community couldn't be prouder of him, holding a watch party in his honor.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Patriots’ defense, however, should stand proud after Sunday’s contest.—
Doug Kyed,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Said quest forces her to reexamine a revelatory affair with an RAF pilot, and consider how their engagement’s cruel ending set her on the path to a different sort of fulfillment.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Government should tame the savageness of man and make life in this world more gentle, not crueler.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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In unashamed authoritarian fashion, the university barred journalists from the campus just before the police raid, and threatened their own student journalists with arrest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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There have also been numerous shore leave adventures and unashamed comedy outings where the protagonists' actions have little bearing on the universe beyond their starship hull.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Throughout his sentencing, the unrepentant Routh displayed contempt for the proceedings, even offering to trade his life in a prisoner swap.—
David Fischer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Congratulations, your moment has come to be an unrepentant know-it-all on social media.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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His light, slurring, hornlike, Al Green-ish singing now melted into the rest of his watery compositions, making the lyrics hard to hear but his great reservoir of unembarrassed feeling impossible to miss.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2025
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The through line in all this is an austere aesthetic of unembarrassed domination that is also somehow insecure in its flashiness.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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