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as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
unashamed of her religious beliefs and values
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as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
even after being convicted of housing violations, the slumlord remained as unashamed as ever
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Recent Examples of unashamed
Online, people shared reactions, from heart emoji to unashamed thirst posts.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Parson’s future fashion leaders used riotous, unashamed, almost unruly brightness — fused with enormous amounts of structure, substance, and intent.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
What’s different, after 25 years of all that freshly unashamed ABBA love, is that our wistful nostalgia isn’t just for ABBA anymore.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Parson’s future fashion leaders used riotous, unashamed, almost unruly brightness — fused with enormous amounts of structure, substance, and intent.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
What’s different, after 25 years of all that freshly unashamed ABBA love, is that our wistful nostalgia isn’t just for ABBA anymore.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unashamed
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Like most conservative economists at the time, Hassett was a staunch deficit hawk, an advocate of higher levels of immigration, and, above all else, an unabashed free trader.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
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The ruthless conglomerate's logo, base, ships, and equipment are featured throughout the film, in addition to the synths themselves.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Earlier stories in that newspaper described López Torres as a ruthless trafficker who has killed dozens and was earlier aligned with Colombia’s right-wing paramilitary forces, known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or the Spanish acronym AUC.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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South Florida sports history is proud to have been the host for Crump’s barrier-busting history.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Big Ten is marching into the heart of Southern football with a proud swagger, daring any conference to challenge its claim as the power to beat in the College Football Playoff.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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And there is an unrepentant, politically incorrect villain with a dose of personality.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Josh Safdie cannot resist an unrepentant scumbag protagonist.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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
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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,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Jan. 2026
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In the movie’s third act, Ben finds a hostage in Amelia Williams (Emilia Jones), a privileged woman who has fully bought in to the Network’s portrayal of him as a remorseless killer.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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That is unacceptably cruel, corrupt, and undemocratic.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instead, she was stripped of her bronze medal after a late score inquiry—a ruling that still feels cruel for an athlete who had delivered the performance of her life.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Unashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unashamed. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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