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shameless

[ sheym-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.

    Synonyms: unabashed, bold, impudent, indecent, brazen, unashamed

    Antonyms: modest

  2. insensible to disgrace.

    Synonyms: corrupt, unprincipled, hardened

  3. showing no shame.


shameless

/ ˈʃeɪmlɪs /

adjective

  1. having no sense of shame; brazen
  2. done without shame; without decency or modesty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈshamelessness, noun
  • ˈshamelessly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • shameless·ly adverb
  • shameless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shameless1

before 900; Middle English; Old English sceamlēas. See shame, -less
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Example Sentences

He's just a shameless, corrupt con artist who has lied his way out of trouble his whole life.

From Salon

Mullin said he was open to voting for someone he had previously described as a shameless pervert.

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When it looked like Project 2025 might hurt him politically, Trump, shameless as usual, said he knew nothing about it.

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South Korea's Democratic Party, the opposition to Yoon's conservative People Power Party, at the time labelled the president's "shameless attitude" as "hopeless".

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Her predecessor, Hunt, said she would “fool absolutely no one” and accused her of a “shameless attempt” to lay the groundwork for tax rises in her upcoming Budget.

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