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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
Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
This reality-fracturing is the result of an information ecosystem that is dominated by platforms that offer financial and attentional incentives to lie and enrage, and to turn every tragedy and large event into a shameless content-creation opportunity.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
Part of me applauds Rome’s ability to be that annoying and shameless.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
The ending of the film paves the way for a sequel, but not in a shameless sequel bait–type way.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
This reality-fracturing is the result of an information ecosystem that is dominated by platforms that offer financial and attentional incentives to lie and enrage, and to turn every tragedy and large event into a shameless content-creation opportunity.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
Part of me applauds Rome’s ability to be that annoying and shameless.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
The ending of the film paves the way for a sequel, but not in a shameless sequel bait–type way.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
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In December 2023, Sydney Sweeney starred with Glen Powell in Anyone But You, Sony Pictures’ romantic comedy that became an unabashed box office success, making $220 million on a budget of $25 million.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Trump is an unabashed authoritarian, and authoritarianism is anathema to liberty.Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Peyser covered the high-profile trial for the Post as a columnist, spending every day in court in order to produce a series of ruthless front-page takes about the Stewart scandal.David Mack, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gregory is touched by the compliment and proud of his ability to connect with a student, but Darnell isn’t pleased with the idea of another man forming a bond with his son.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Honorees who have contributed to proud and authentic Jewish storytelling will include: Sheryl Sandberg’s Screams before Silence, Netflix’s Fauda and Jewish Matchmaking, FX’s The Patient, Amazon’s Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey, and David Baddiel’s documentary, Jews Don’t Count.Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This soaring exploration of generational trauma starts with Star, a survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, who’s forced to speak English and practice Christianity by the man who goes on to found the notoriously cruel Carlisle Indian Industrial School.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Calcutta and appeared as Tony Moss, the cruel, toupeed director of the topless dance revue at the Stardust Casino, in Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (1995).Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
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However, the movie is an extremely important addition to the black-and-white horror canon if for nothing else its unashamed aping of Hitchcock’s masterpiece.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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From last year's stunt of audience members throwing garbage at the runway models to this season's rebellious attitude, this label is all about creating noise and being unashamed of it.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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In Horse Crazy, his implacable skepticism forces the reader to consider the alienating effects of an era characterized by lethal STIs, unrepentant capitalism, bulldozed cultural history, and pervasive substance addiction.Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Close proves to be inspired casting as the underhanded and unrepentant Cath, who shows barely any indication of maternal concern for her sons in a quest to get her hands on the emeralds.Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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Exultant Republicans are claiming vindication for their unembarrassed support of Israel’s merciless military strategy.Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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And her performance is brave, but more for its rawness, its unembarrassed self-referentiality, and its balls-to-the-wall insanity — at one point, Moore’s face, buried in prosthetics and makeup, erupts from her own back in a silent, open-mouthed scream.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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