self-indulgent

Example Sentences

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In that instance, the public were given the chance to choose the overall winner, opting for the term describing "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy" behaviour.

From Barron's

Broadly speaking, it’s aesthetically self-indulgent and politically selfish, and Imhof knows it.

From New York Times

And far too many chapters sound self-indulgent and redundant.

From Washington Post

They let a few anarchist troublemakers interfere and drive the protest toward looting and arson, and their occupation became a self-indulgent exercise that opened the door to the shootings.

From Seattle Times

She wouldn’t feel like herself if she didn’t write novels and stories, but “it feels self-indulgent to do only that. It’s not the same as action.”

From New York Times