as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
an unblushing patriotism that is manifested in the family's public display of the flag
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Adjective
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The unabashed silliness of the plot does little to dilute the entertainment value of director Juan Piquer Simón's sleazy, cheesy fever dream.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026 -
The rise of unabashed Christian nationalists is their legacy.—
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 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
Adjective
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Trevor is delightfully shameless in his mediocrity.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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“Unblushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unblushing. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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