self-condemnatory
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Sometimes the story is there but it is self-condemnatory and unfair.
From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2011
The self-condemnatory brain-impression is quite as pernicious as its opposite.
From As a Matter of Course by Call, Annie Payson
Everything was carried on in German, but the parts that most concerned him were grotesquely translated by a ferocious-looking interpreter, who likewise turned Bertie's stupid, involved, self-condemnatory answers into German—no doubt very incorrectly.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
He lay on the bed and thought of his situation, his past life, and his future chances, in bitter, heartrending, self-condemnatory sarcasm which made his condition even less tolerable than it would have been otherwise.
From Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author by Blades, Leslie Burton
He was shinning up a ladder with little regard for grace as he mumbled this self-condemnatory remark.
From The Day of the Dog by McCutcheon, George Barr