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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
One Blu-ray to avoid at all costs was released by Gaiam, a controversial media company that overlaid shameless watermarks on top of the shorts.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 10 July 2025
There’s something a little shameless but also on-point about introducing a literal ticking clock to the proceedings, emulating the world of reality TV cooking shows, writes Tribune TV and film critic Nina Metz.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Leagues should try using their leverage to demand an end to these kinds of within-game wagers, which seem like a shameless come-on for those who are addiction-prone.
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—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
The craziest part is that Charlie is completely shameless about collecting these handouts, even asking for more money from his dad on-camera.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 10 July 2025
There’s something a little shameless but also on-point about introducing a literal ticking clock to the proceedings, emulating the world of reality TV cooking shows, writes Tribune TV and film critic Nina Metz.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Leagues should try using their leverage to demand an end to these kinds of within-game wagers, which seem like a shameless come-on for those who are addiction-prone.
.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
The craziest part is that Charlie is completely shameless about collecting these handouts, even asking for more money from his dad on-camera.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
Adjective
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Gunn finds the right tone of unabashed earnestness and crowd-pleasing thrills, delivering the rare modern superhero movie that works as a standalone feature rather than a franchise entry.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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This unabashed romp is often intelligent and always hilarious.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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And, if hate doesn't come from inside the show itself, Black women are forced to endure online hate from ruthless fans.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The film takes place in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, watching as ruthless prisoner Federico Carrasco takes control of the Huntsville Penitentiary.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The judge relented in the face of his daughter’s determination, perhaps more than a little proud of her patriotic pluck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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One of my proudest accomplishments has been collaborating with higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations and global employers to design talent creation initiatives that not only fill jobs but also build careers.—
Jay Garcia,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That is a particularly egregious example of how the Trump Administration has been gratuitously cruel to the Sudanese.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Stacy, Tim’s wife, also died of pancreatic cancer five months later in February of 2024, a cruel hand for a family that for years had gone above and beyond in their efforts to raise money and awareness for cancer research.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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In any case, Mecha Break is a big and unashamed mecha game.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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But since then, Dodik has refashioned himself as an unrepentant nationalist, denying the genocide of 8,000 Bosniaks at Srebrenica in 1995, the war’s most notorious massacre, and often meeting with Putin in Moscow.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
9 Aug. 2025
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Her memoir's first chapter finds her as a teenager inebriated outside an Arizona nightclub, already standing at a metaphorical crossroads between herself and her unrepentant desires to achieve her most heartfelt desires as professional goals.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Del Rey’s feathery croon was totally wrong for the song, which calls for an unembarrassed quality that’s not part of her whole deal.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Who better, then, to pry Eve loose than a rangy, rakish music journalist (Benjamin Bratt) whose game includes unironic hat-wearing and — like a dispiriting number of men in his age bracket — the unembarrassed deployment of Stephen Stills lyrics?—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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