self-interested
Example Sentences
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The legal problem arises if it fails to inform its customers about its self-interested conflicts that steer its recommendations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The fault, he said, lay with Lululemon’s board, which he said lacked experience in creative businesses, was uninterested in product development and quality, and focused on “short-term, self-interested priorities.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
But I think what he’s really after is something more specifically self-interested.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024
More surprisingly, the prosecution has also peppered its presentation with disparagement of Cohen, whom several witnesses portrayed as a self-interested blowhard.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024
Our Father takes their ironical and self-interested tone to indicate a lack of genuine grief.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
