1
: having no shame : insensible to disgrace
a shameless braggart
2
: showing lack of shame
the shameless exploitation of workers
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
Examples of shameless in a Sentence
The actor made a shameless plug for his movie.
a shameless display of poor sportsmanship
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Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
No, the most shameless campaigning—virtually all of it happening just off-stage and with a shouted whisper—is that for prime gigs should President Joe Biden prevail in his re-election bid.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 June 2024
At a news conference addressing the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Biden took on all comers: the bully president in Moscow, the shameless Congress in Washington and the troublemaking candidate who wants to push him out of the White House.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024
The Putin regime makes this clear by organizing politics around the shameless production of fiction.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
No, the most shameless campaigning—virtually all of it happening just off-stage and with a shouted whisper—is that for prime gigs should President Joe Biden prevail in his re-election bid.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 June 2024
At a news conference addressing the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Biden took on all comers: the bully president in Moscow, the shameless Congress in Washington and the troublemaking candidate who wants to push him out of the White House.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024
The Putin regime makes this clear by organizing politics around the shameless production of fiction.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameless. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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shameless
adjective
shame·less
ˈshām-ləs 
1
: having no shame
2
: showing lack of shame
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
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