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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
Trevor is delightfully shameless in his mediocrity.
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 27 Jan. 2026
The quick shot of him with the plate between his lips has been screenshotted, recorded, and shared across all social media platforms, with many understandably stunned at the shameless display.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
This lamp was designed by Giancarlo Fassina and Michele De Lucchi for Artemide in 1987, embodying a sense of shameless functionality.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 27 Jan. 2026
The quick shot of him with the plate between his lips has been screenshotted, recorded, and shared across all social media platforms, with many understandably stunned at the shameless display.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
This lamp was designed by Giancarlo Fassina and Michele De Lucchi for Artemide in 1987, embodying a sense of shameless functionality.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
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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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The helmet’s symbolism directs the world to the atrocities being committed upon an innocent, sovereign nation undergoing ruthless destruction.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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During this ruthless era, famous women were sorted into a stringent binary.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Trump then reissued congratulations and reiterated how proud the team should be of themselves about the victory.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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The vibe was loud and proud, and rightfully so.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, sought to show that his past had formed him, but there was a cruel irony in the reference.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Many of these schools are impossibly competitive – impossibly and fantastically cruel.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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All came adorned and unrepentant in their right to adornment.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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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
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 25 Feb. 2026.
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