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self-indulgent

[self-in-duhl-juhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪnˈdʌl dʒənt, ˌsɛlf- /


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“This does comes across as tone-deaf, self indulgent and a tad inauthentic,” one commenter said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

It’s about clarity to an anger that can be seen as selfish, disruptive and self indulgent.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2020

It was described as "time-wasting" and "self indulgent" by The Guardian.

From BBC • May 18, 2017

The work itself, if you catch it at the wrong moment, can seem thin and self indulgent.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2016

But she came and sat in Petro's den sometimes, crocheting in the old easy chair, when he was self indulgent enough to have a fire of ships' logs.

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)




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