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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
Former clients described Motta encouraging people to get surgeries, and others discussed one particularly shameless episode in which a large church van, crammed with prospective plaintiffs, intentionally collided with a truck.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The worst, most shameless people in the world already understand this and use that cold logic to their advantage.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Okay, let’s get into the other good, bad, and ugly from episode 2 of Survivor 50, and — shameless plug alert!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Like, is Glem’s entire look intentionally paying homage to Franklin Sherman, the loopiest and possibly best supporting character from The Critic, or just a shameless rip-off?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The worst, most shameless people in the world already understand this and use that cold logic to their advantage.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Okay, let’s get into the other good, bad, and ugly from episode 2 of Survivor 50, and — shameless plug alert!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Like, is Glem’s entire look intentionally paying homage to Franklin Sherman, the loopiest and possibly best supporting character from The Critic, or just a shameless rip-off?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
Adjective
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Sterling, a member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, featured a distinctive baritone and drew adoration and criticism alike for his eccentricities and his unabashed Yankees fandom that resonated in his broadcasts.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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And that is part of the draw of this unabashed trifle of celluloid goofiness.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, the team is sent to steal it back on what would be for anyone else a suicide mission.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Assayas offers anecdotes, a feuilleton of tyranny in which the foibles of the mighty and the ruthless reveal the sentimental side of cruelty, the amusement value of ugly deeds, and the polite side of monstrous ideas.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The people are so welcoming and friendly and proud of their city And there’s great food.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 May 2026
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After three years in the Eurovision wilderness, Romania makes a loud-and-proud comeback with a propulsive blend of nu-metal guitars, angsty melodies, and operatic trills worthy of a hand-horn salute.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Its cruel and even lawless excesses have reverberated around the globe.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2026
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This is how cruel football can be.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Her confessional style is frank and unashamed about all of its possible fleshy or sticky causes.—
Emma Sarappo,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Set the scene There’s a definitive vibe to Boudoir de Muses—one that’s romantic in an overt way, and unashamed of its provocative nature.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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Often described as a prophetic American text, Melville’s novel warns of the dangers of following an unrepentant leader on myopic pursuits.—
Time,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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And then there's Alden Ehrenreich, who plays the part of our infuriating, unrepentant a-hole.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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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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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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