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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
The storytelling is sturdy enough to prevent Skeleton Crew to ever fully descend into shameless fan service.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
Asher here, your hardened and shameless tea drinker reporting for duty.
—Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
On the surface, Baum’s novel seems as simple as a Grimm’s fairytale, but slyly subverts tradition by depicting the titular wizard as a shameless conman, a slick salesman who, nonetheless, genuinely helps Dorothy and her party of outcasts.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
But as this piece outlines, that is another one of his shameless lies.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
Asher here, your hardened and shameless tea drinker reporting for duty.
—Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
On the surface, Baum’s novel seems as simple as a Grimm’s fairytale, but slyly subverts tradition by depicting the titular wizard as a shameless conman, a slick salesman who, nonetheless, genuinely helps Dorothy and her party of outcasts.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
But as this piece outlines, that is another one of his shameless lies.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
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Kid Rock Musician Kid Rock has been an unabashed supporter of Trump for nearly a decade.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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To many, of course, this shift only foreshadows a surge in unabashed disinformation across Meta’s platforms—a transition into Face-Value-book, Misinfo-gram, and Whats-Even-True-Anymore-App.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The proud dad, 40, and his oldest child made history in October 2024 by becoming the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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Green would likely be proud of the award-winning bottles being produced today.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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And having more thoughtful conversations doesn’t preclude the need sometimes to confront those who are needlessly cruel or organizations that benefit from such exploitation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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In recent months, the Justice Department and the state filed thousands of pages of new records in the lawsuit, including reports and sworn statements from pediatricians, scholars and others who describe Florida’s policies as archaic and cruel.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 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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Now, these unashamed statements of cultural pride fill Flores Bustos with joy.—
David Ulloa Jr,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Dec. 2024
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The only thing worse than a villain is an unrepentant one.—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
22 Dec. 2024
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Not because in-person scouting or low-level recruiting violations are crimes against humanity, but because Jim Harbaugh and others there have been so uncooperative and unrepentant about both investigations.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
7 Aug. 2024
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The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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Domingo replies, practically batting his eyelashes, unembarrassed to ask me to expand on my compliment.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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