self-interested
Example Sentences
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“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
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 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 first was that he was transparently self-interested and self-promotional.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
