self-absorbed
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By all accounts, these self-absorbed and overcredentialed but undereducated youths are struggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The long-suffering recording engineer reaches his breaking point after becoming totally fed up with the band’s self-absorbed, self-destructive behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Bellingham's talent is without question but he has long been a polarising figure amid reports some in the England camp believe he is too self-absorbed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
By Alan, of course, he is referring to his much-loved and often quoted comedy creation, Alan Partridge - the tactless, self-absorbed and self-styled presenter.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Oppenheimer in particular had evolved; he no longer was the aloof, self-absorbed intellectual who had gone off to Los Alamos anxious to prove himself in the world beyond theoretical physics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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