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as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
unashamed of her religious beliefs and values
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as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
even after being convicted of housing violations, the slumlord remained as unashamed as ever
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Recent Examples of unashamed
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.
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Young people who had money were unashamed about it.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
That personality is London — unashamed, unabashed, and unafraid.
—Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023
Barbie ends on a high note as an unashamed Barbie (Margot Robbie) puts her reproductive health first.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Young people who had money were unashamed about it.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
That personality is London — unashamed, unabashed, and unafraid.
—Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023
Barbie ends on a high note as an unashamed Barbie (Margot Robbie) puts her reproductive health first.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unashamed
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Known for his unabashed antics in and out of the ring, Kreischer's appearance added a comedic twist to the night's events.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Olivier Rousteing’s collection garnered attention as a key turning point in the evolution of the brand’s legacy, with sculptural knitwear and luxurious textures, while staying true to its core DNA of unabashed opulence and extravagance.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But when the ruthless Mafia boss Nicola Grimaldi discovers his young son has been kidnapped and murdered, the suspect and Grimaldi’s former friend Vito seeks refuge with police.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The way to move up in your organization might require being ruthless.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hosted by actor & advocate Jonah Platt, a trusted expert in contemporary Jewish culture, identity, and politics, Being Jewish seeks to engage, educate, and empower listeners to take full ownership of their identities and live as their proudest, most authentic selves.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Mike is a native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the proud home of Steelers training camp, and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, some scholars remained as unrepentant as the war criminals, unmoved by any amount of ghastly hard evidence, or at least not sufficiently moved to forsake the revolution.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Years later, in an online discussion sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Wisner seemed unrepentant.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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While public opinion of Heidi and Spencer has certainly shifted dramatically this year, their reign over pop culture in the early 2000s can't be denied, since their shameless love of being in the spotlight literally had no limits.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Like the majority of the Victorian British public, Jokanaan is intimidated by Salome’s shameless sexuality and wants nothing to do with her.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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Luxury has risen to prominence thanks to remorseless future-looking innovation, never by recooking the creations of the past.—
Stéphane JG Girod,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The cruelest part is that the good ones are mixed with the bad ones.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Unashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unashamed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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