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selfish
[ sel-fish ]
adjective
- devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself:
selfish motives.
selfish
/ ˈ²õÉ›±ô´Úɪʃ /
adjective
- chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others
- relating to or characterized by self-interest
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ð±ô´Ú¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ±ð±ô´Ú¾±²õ³ó±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú·¾±²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú·¾±²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"Colleagues that choose to leave do so for all sorts of reasons, some of them fairly selfish to them," he said.
Michael Vaughan believes it would be "nonsense" and "selfish" for England to make Ben Stokes a white-ball captain.
It doesn’t matter how fast you come to your senses and put away those selfish desires.
The Daily Mail has described it as "deranged" and says its members have "unleashed misery on thousands of ordinary people though their selfish antics".
And so I guess it started from a really selfish place.â€
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