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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 Tropes, sequels, and even shameless copycats gave me a way to compare craft without getting overwhelmed by just how much movies can mean to me personally. —
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026 The worst, most shameless people in the world already understand this and use that cold logic to their advantage. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026 Okay, let’s get into the other good, bad, and ugly from episode 2 of Survivor 50, and — shameless plug alert! —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026 Like, is Glem’s entire look intentionally paying homage to Franklin Sherman, the loopiest and possibly best supporting character from The Critic, or just a shameless rip-off? —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shameless
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026 The worst, most shameless people in the world already understand this and use that cold logic to their advantage. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026 Okay, let’s get into the other good, bad, and ugly from episode 2 of Survivor 50, and — shameless plug alert! —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026 Like, is Glem’s entire look intentionally paying homage to Franklin Sherman, the loopiest and possibly best supporting character from The Critic, or just a shameless rip-off? —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shameless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameless
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The president of the United States made an unabashed threat of genocide.— Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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The unabashed proclamation of championship aspirations.— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 18 Apr. 2026
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Social media users on Twitter, now known as X, were absolutely ruthless with Beltrán at the time.— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
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Director Nick Castle’s 1984 sci-fi adventure of a trailer park kid recruited to join an interstellar war against Xur and the ruthless Ko-Dan Armada is still a fantastic flick over 40 years after its original theatrical release.— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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The proud Westeros family of dragonlords have always been intent on making things bend to their (fair-haired, dragon-loving) will, even when the chips were down.— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
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Gordon Ramsay is one proud dad as daughter Tilly Ramsay completes the TCS London Marathon on April 26 in London.— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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In what neatly encapsulates the uncomfortable, rude, thin-skinned yet cruel, sarcastic and ultimately juvenile communication style of his online brood, the leader of the pack started with — what else — Lawrence’s looks.— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Every day in New York City, thousands of home attendants are being forced to work cruel 24-hour shifts while being paid for only 13 of those hours.— Christopher Marte, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene There’s a definitive vibe to Boudoir de Muses—one that’s romantic in an overt way, and unashamed of its provocative nature.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
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In unashamed authoritarian fashion, the university barred journalists from the campus just before the police raid, and threatened their own student journalists with arrest.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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And then there's Alden Ehrenreich, who plays the part of our infuriating, unrepentant a-hole.— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
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All came adorned and unrepentant in their right to adornment.— Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
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The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.— Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
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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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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/shameless. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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