self-interested
Example Sentences
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Both need each other to prosper and resent self-interested decisions their counterparts make that impact them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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
There’s just too much uninformed, misinformed and self-interested commentary washing about in the investment sphere, too easily accessed by unwary and novice investors.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
Lawmakers insisted upon this independence to ensure that it could operate “unfettered by political dictates, self-interested industry pressure or blind consumer zeal.”
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
But noticing where the conventional wisdom may be false—noticing, perhaps, the contrails of sloppy or self-interested thinking—is a nice place to start asking questions.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
