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# shameless

adjective (shameless, more shameless, most shameless)

«shameless» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/#m1)
2. Shameless can describe a bad act done openly, with no attempt to hide it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/#m2)

### In the lessons

used in tales to call a villain or a sly character bad and bold, without any sorrow for wrongdoing; in the lessons it names a bad trait, like greed or cheating

### Examples

- «Shameless coward!» cried the wolf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/#x1)
- The shameless fox ate the whole pie and grinned at us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/#x2)
- She told one lie after another, quite shamelessly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Zephaniah it is a name for a nation that has no shame and will not turn back from wrong. The prophet calls it to gather and repent.

**Interpretation.** The commentators read this as a call to repentance before God's day of judgment arrives.

### Examples

- Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation; (Prophets ZEP.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shameless/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shameless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shameless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shameless.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shameless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shameless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shameless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shameless.html) on Mova free.