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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
Here are some tips for building out your career brand:
Be shameless.
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Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The hedge funders and other Wall Street vultures who are now, all of a sudden, all about protectionism are especially shameless.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Camila Cabello wasn't shameless about showing a bit of Fashion Week PDA.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
While public opinion of Heidi and Spencer has certainly shifted dramatically this year, their reign over pop culture in the early 2000s can't be denied, since their shameless love of being in the spotlight literally had no limits.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The hedge funders and other Wall Street vultures who are now, all of a sudden, all about protectionism are especially shameless.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Camila Cabello wasn't shameless about showing a bit of Fashion Week PDA.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
While public opinion of Heidi and Spencer has certainly shifted dramatically this year, their reign over pop culture in the early 2000s can't be denied, since their shameless love of being in the spotlight literally had no limits.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
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That fateful connection would snowball into a lifelong friendship and artistic partnership that thrives on curiosity, trust and unabashed eccentricity.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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The song, like the album, is an unabashed rebuke of Israel-U.S. relations and America’s overall warmongering.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2025
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There’s an undercurrent of electricity between her and the ruthless cartel leader (Salma Hayek) using her as a bargaining chip, but Stone is too cowardly to let the hotties smooch, squandering the only energy Lively was able to muster for this potent strain of mess.—
Lizzie Logan,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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To his critics, his centralization of power and ruthless purge of opponents put Malaysia on an authoritarian trajectory.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are proud of the state of stoner comedy.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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The proud regionality of Italy is one such example and this book shows it off beautifully.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 May 2025
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But Church, who was profoundly affected by the 2023 Covenant school shooting in Nashville, imbues a real fear of what’s possibly around the corner in today’s cruel world.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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Milano’s extensive medical history sometimes feels too cruel to detail; his only full season came as a rookie in 2017.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
2 May 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 13 May. 2025.
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