self-interested
Example Sentences
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Your wife is speaking from her own sense of morality and justice, but she’s also speaking from a self-interested perspective.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
“It is clear that persistent failures like this are born out of this Board’s lack of experience in creative businesses, disinterest in product development and quality, and focus on short-term, self-interested priorities,” he continued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Lawmakers insisted upon this independence to ensure that it could operate “unfettered by political dictates, self-interested industry pressure or blind consumer zeal.”
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
But they also have self-interested reasons to get involved.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
Our Father takes their ironical and self-interested tone to indicate a lack of genuine grief.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
