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

But criminalizing parody opens up enough dangerous doors that even the most self-interested people who oppose it are onto something, and it sure does seem like this law could criminalize parody.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025

But they also have self-interested reasons to get involved.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

The problem with someone who is transparently self-interested is that the extent of his interests is never clear.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis