1
: having no shame : insensible to disgrace
a shameless braggart
2
: showing lack of shame
the shameless exploitation of workers
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
Examples of shameless in a Sentence
The actor made a shameless plug for his movie.
a shameless display of poor sportsmanship
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Diego finds out about Five and Lila in a heartbreaking scene balanced out by his siblings’ shameless spectating.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Artists such as Lichtenstein and Warhol looked to advertisements to shine a light on the most shameless and threatening parts of our culture.
—Jenny Walton, Vogue, 29 June 2024
But Trump’s displays of cognitive lapses have in many cases been eclipsed by his shameless, chronic lying.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024
The Kremlin is shameless in its rhetoric, and no one in Putin’s circle cares about narrative coherence.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Artists such as Lichtenstein and Warhol looked to advertisements to shine a light on the most shameless and threatening parts of our culture.
—Jenny Walton, Vogue, 29 June 2024
But Trump’s displays of cognitive lapses have in many cases been eclipsed by his shameless, chronic lying.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024
The Kremlin is shameless in its rhetoric, and no one in Putin’s circle cares about narrative coherence.
—Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
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“Shameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameless. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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shameless
adjective
shame·less
ˈshām-ləs 
1
: having no shame
2
: showing lack of shame
shamelessly
adverb
shamelessness
noun
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