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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
The suit also paints a clownish portrait of the entrepreneur, portraying him as pompous, shameless, and untrustworthy.
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Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Your rights now depend on the grievances of one petulant old man and his shameless enablers.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The corruption attendant to tariff legislation became so brazen and shameless that, in 1913 voters ratified the 16th Amendment granting the federal government powers to tax personal incomes in exchange for lowering tariffs.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
So, what makes President Trump think that a simple social media post is going to be enough to stop Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s shameless assault on Ukraine?
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Your rights now depend on the grievances of one petulant old man and his shameless enablers.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The corruption attendant to tariff legislation became so brazen and shameless that, in 1913 voters ratified the 16th Amendment granting the federal government powers to tax personal incomes in exchange for lowering tariffs.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
So, what makes President Trump think that a simple social media post is going to be enough to stop Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s shameless assault on Ukraine?
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
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In the new TikTok, Siwa shows Hughes the video, which caught flack from haters for her raspy voice and unabashed confidence.—
Jack Irvin,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The definitive statements serve as an unabashed outlier among the catalogue of budget scores, growth forecasts and macroeconomic analyses produced since House Republicans passed their version of Trump’s agenda by the narrowest of margins.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Related Stories Said to be the first book in a series, Little Hands watches as a young British woman with a mysterious past inadvertently joins a ruthless gang of female thieves who rob the ultra-wealthy along the French Riviera.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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New threats emerge, including a ruthless new villain (Bill Skarsgård) and a blind assassin from Wick’s past, played by Donnie Yen in a standout performance.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Their many successes and proud history are well known, so there are plenty of arguments to support Madrid in this competition… and also to want anyone but them to win it.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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For a bit of old soul Florida, head to Everglades City, a proud frontier town in subtropical swamp wilderness.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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This is cruel, unnecessary, and will further fan the flames of economic chaos for working families across this country.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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And for every San Antonio, there is a Utah or Washington or Charlotte that can’t believe how cruel the lottery can be.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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And yet Melissa McCarthy’s gut-busting bridesmaid, Megan, went the extra mile down the path of crazy, from her unabashed man-hunting to her unashamed puppy kidnapping.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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Rickey was unashamed of his brilliance, which meant he couldn’t be dissuaded from proclaiming it.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
25 Dec. 2024
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This is not an argument for more unrepentant violence and general bloodthirstiness on television, where women are still too often faceless victims in crime/horror dramas.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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Clips of the media furor that resulted can be seen in the trailer for Dinner Time, and in the actual clip, Wolf remains unrepentant — a point of pride for ride-or-die stand-up comics.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
24 Apr. 2025
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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 14 Jun. 2025.
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