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self-involved

[self-in-volvd, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪnˈvɒlvd, ˌsɛlf- /


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To my chagrin, being young and self-involved, as well as working a grueling summer job, I remember that I was almost oblivious to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Galinda is perky, blonde, self-involved and universally adored, presumably from the moment she trilled into the world.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

She’s fighting patriarchal powers greater than herself, but she’s not to be underestimated, even if the production doesn’t quite clarify why everyone is in love with this stunning if rather irascible and self-involved young woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

In one scene, the wildly self-involved protagonist fantasizes about her own funeral.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

I’d been in the same room with the ambassador every minute that he was in our house, and besides, that overstuffed, freeloading bureaucrat was too self-involved to ever commit murder.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson