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UK
/sˈɛlfɪʃ/
]
[ US /ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights
How To Use selfish In A Sentence
- Though he is faster to commit to Lola, he is selfish and spoiled.
- What a contrast that would be from the spoiled, overpaid and selfish athletes who normally grace the covers of sports magazines.
- When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly.
- Kira carried on walking, muttering angrily to herself about the absolute stupidity and selfishness of demons and mythical creatures.
- Spoiled, greedy, selfish, North Americans, of which I am one, fearful of someone taking a crumb from a banquet table is what we are. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law
- When I do get in a lather, it's never my fault: it's the cyclists and pedestrians who are selfish and inconsiderate, not me.
- I just hadn't realised that so many straight men could be so selfish and unloving towards their offspring.
- In addition to receiving the best education that the South could offer blacks at that time, Ella inherited a powerful sense of service that made her civil rights efforts extraordinarily unselfish and untiring.
- You can be morally unimpeachable for entirely selfish reasons. Times, Sunday Times
- Theirs is a consummately selfish act, no less than a low-life betrayal of civilization.
