Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeling no shame; impervious to disgrace.
- adjective Marked by a lack of shame.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no shame; lacking in modesty; immodest; impudent; audacious; insensible to disgrace.
- Done without shame; indicating or characterized by lack of shame; as, a shameless disregard of honesty.
- Synonyms Unblushing, brazen; profligate, reprobate, abandoned, incorrigible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
- adjective Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having no
shame ;immodest ; unable to feeldisgrace
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling no shame
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Monday slammed what he called shameless and relentless efforts by his opponents to undermine the country's economy, as he handed out agricultural equipment to new farmers.
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Until then, the ombudsman has made it clear he intends to make life difficult for the government by exposing what he calls the shameless treatment of Canada's veterans and urging
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I think "shameless" is exactly the English word to describe the Clintons, especially Bill.
Pro-Obama Union's Spanish Radio Ad In Nevada: "Hillary Clinton Is Shameless" 2009
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Before the missionaries appeared they were a bunch of free love hottentots running around in shameless nudity, practicing cannibalism and who knows what else.
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Before the missionaries appeared they were a bunch of free love hottentots running around in shameless nudity, practicing cannibalism and who knows what else.
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Before the missionaries appeared they were a bunch of free love hottentots running around in shameless nudity, practicing cannibalism canibalism? methinks ye are an idiot and a liar on all counts. missionaried caused many problems around the world and still do to this day.
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Or, again – shameless charity plug – check out the muscular dystrophy links that I included in my last post.
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Gordon Brown, liar and British Prime Minister, is not the only one to engage in shameless and bare-faced mendacity when it comes to the EU Constitution.
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Gordon Brown, liar and British Prime Minister, is not the only one to engage in shameless and bare-faced mendacity when it comes to the EU Constitution.
Archive 2007-09-02 2007
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And in shameless self-promotion news, hey look everyone!
Boing Boing 2007
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