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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
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.
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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
Institutional politicians have largely reacted with fear and insecurity, creating a leadership vacuum that has led to a sense that politics is a practice that gives a natural advantage to the most shameless actors.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shameless
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
Institutional politicians have largely reacted with fear and insecurity, creating a leadership vacuum that has led to a sense that politics is a practice that gives a natural advantage to the most shameless actors.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
Adjective
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Newsom’s response to that question — perhaps the largest hanging over his likely presidential campaign in 2028 — is an unabashed rejection of its premise.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Infiniti is an unabashed K-pop fan.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For the first time, the defense attorney becomes the defendant, forced to fight for his own freedom while facing off against ruthless prosecutor Dana Berg (Constance Zimmer).—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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And, as part of the deal, city planners aim to update development protocols to meet the challenges of a more ruthless wildfire regime.—
Mark Dee
January 27,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But the reaction is just as vast, and even more persistent, Angela was proud to tell me about Moon Palace’s place as a node in a larger community network.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Now 32, the Canadian is the proud owner of 25 X Games medals, including 14 gold total and eight in the slopestyle discipline.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Young people are growing up in a climate that can feel cruel, divided or lonely.—
Julie Ruth Owen,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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And cutting nurses’ health care benefits is just cruel.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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This was an unashamed 5-4-1 in three clear banks for long periods of the match, gritty, sniffing out second balls and home errors, clearances, blocks, recoveries, choosing when to press and when to sit.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The judge clearly felt the sentence was appropriate given her charges and her unrepentant behavior.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Rose came across as unrepentant and wholly incapable of getting out of his own way.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
18 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 2 Feb. 2026.
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