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unashamed

[ uhn-uh-sheymd ]

adjective

  1. not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt:

    a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.

  2. open; unconcealed; unabashed:

    to eat with unashamed gusto.



unashamed

/ ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmɪdlɪ; ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmd /

adjective

  1. lacking moral restraints
  2. not embarrassed, contrite, or apologetic
“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

  • ˌunaˈshamedness, noun
  • unashamedly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·a·sham·ed·ly [uhn-, uh, -, shey, -mid-lee], adverb
  • una·shamed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unashamed1

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 1 + ashamed
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Example Sentences

It took decades for King to become open and unashamed about her sexuality.

I’m very unashamed and I’m not cautious in any way, which, had anything else been my job, I’d be dead.

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I pulled a Kanye and jumped up on stage, unsolicited and unashamed.

Unashamed about his wealth—made from sweat not speculation, he claimed—he worked at leveraging fortune into celebrity.

It was reported that some of the girls were either unconcerned or unashamed, and even proud, of what they had done.

There was a small sofa which stood opposite the door naked and unashamed, in all the hideousness of the original, ugly upholstery.

He talked shop quite unashamed, and this evening the drawbacks of an artists life supplied his text.

God give it to me to do one deed—one only before I die—that, worthy and unashamed, I may meet my King.

He cried a little, unashamed, the tears streaming down his lined face and darkening the collar of his dress-uniform.

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