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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
See all Example Sentences for unashamed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unashamed
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Jim Jones has opened up about recently experiencing sobriety for the first time in over three decades, as the unabashed pothead recently had to give up the vice for an extended period.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, your genius and unabashed confidence means that some of these admirers will actually turn out to be fair-weather friends, or even downright haters.—
Roya Backlund,
StyleCaster,
24 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are delicious as the two ruthless favorites of the monarch, who try to outmaneuver each other at all costs.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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The ruthless brutality by Iraq and Iran displayed the lengths to which the region’s governments were willing to go to silence the Kurds.—
Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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By drawing from his Mexican and Irish American roots, as well as his life as a proud gay man, Chavarria flaunts his progressive principles while creating new and novel experiences on the runway.—
Cat Cardenas,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Er, well, for the dozens of proud Vision Pro owners.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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If a Strand tote marked its wearer as an old-school city dweller, a McNally bag — increasingly ubiquitous as the years went by — had a cachet of its own, signaling membership in a stylish reading community that was unrepentant about both the reading and the style.—
Matthew Schneier,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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People who were utterly unrepentant for assaulting law enforcement.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
26 Jan. 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
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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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During the Protestant Reformation, for example, reformers decried the shameless use of relics to drive donations and the proliferation of faux relics.—
Therese Cory,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Raptors had a hybrid plan — not quite shameless tanking, certainly not putting a premium on short-term winning.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Breathing fire Angry, vengeful, paranoid, a remorseless bully: These are trademark Carollo traits, according to city employees, two of his daughters, citizens who have argued with him and former allies double-crossed by him.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the comics, Sofia is secretly acting as the remorseless serial killer known as the Hangman, and is portrayed as a cunning criminal who murders her own brother, Alberto, and attempts to take over the Falcones and cement their rule over Gotham.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
28 Oct. 2024
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The current government’s purposeful misrepresentation and defamation of DEI in such a comprehensively cruel and malicious manner deserves nothing less than personal and communal outrage and resistance.—
Dr. Tony Lux,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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Immigrant advocates call those moves cruel and unnecessary.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Unashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unashamed. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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