self-important

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But there is one name that eagle-eyed observers who have closely followed this story will note is missing: Mike Lindell, the comically self-important maniac who founded the second-rate linens company MyPillow.

From Salon

It is, ad nauseam, a brothers-in-arms story, whose likable soldiers revile the self-important brass but are devoted to “the kid in the ditch” — the common soldier in harm’s way.

From New York Times

“It’s slightly narcissistic and self-important of C.E.O.s to believe that they should have militaristic authority,” he says.

From New York Times

Blusteringly self-important, he flails through life, naïve and directionless and pontificating nonetheless.

From New York Times

The Los Angeles Times called it an "oppressively self-important talk hour starring a Cincinnati news anchorman and former mayor".

From BBC