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  • adjective Impossible to shame.

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un- +‎ shameable

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Examples

  • They've been shamed so many times in the court of public opinion that they're basically unshameable.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • Most donors, operatives and party officials know what story will be told: Mr. Cuomo, the popular attorney general, is raising money by the wheelbarrow; Mr. Paterson, the incumbent governor who spends his days attempting to shame an entire class of unshameable state legislators about the state’s unbalanced budget, is sputtering.

    Paterson Teeters, and Cuomo Shoves 2009

  • Most donors, operatives and party officials know what story will be told: Mr. Cuomo, the popular attorney general, is raising money by the wheelbarrow; Mr. Paterson, the incumbent governor who spends his days attempting to shame an entire class of unshameable state legislators about the state’s unbalanced budget, is sputtering.

    Paterson Teeters, and Cuomo Shoves 2009

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