as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
he seemed thoroughly unembarrassed by his sycophantic behavior at the company party
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Recent Examples of unembarrassed
The most prominent bankers in the country were unembarrassed to defend the practice by arguing that if the common person can buy a refrigerator on credit, why not a stock?
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Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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?
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Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembarrassed
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One egregious example is his close relationship with Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, whose unabashed attempts to gain Musk’s favor ultimately got him the job.
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There is an unabashed campaign to undermine both minority leadership and women’s leadership in public spaces.
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Mamdani, proud of his socialist values, had developed a language for communicating a collective, interdependent vision of city life through his consistent emphasis on affordability.
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This is also where the film dips into the past and becomes awash in the proud history of Hawaiian surfing, bowing at the legend of the great Duke Kahanamoku and going deep into others and how the sport became such a religion for many, notably devotee Kristen.
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Dodgers relief pitcher Blake Treinen is an outspoken Christian who has been unashamed to share his faith and conservative thoughts.
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Dramatic currents, once suppressed, here bloom unashamed.
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Its summary, from the title throughout, is shameless propaganda.
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But it’s also used a little too freely to tell, not show, making things a little too easy for the most shameless second-screen viewers out there.
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“Unembarrassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembarrassed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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