self-condemnatory
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Sometimes the story is there but it is self-condemnatory and unfair.
From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2011
In the back of his head were justly self-condemnatory thoughts, to the general effect that he was a blackguard and deserved to be kicked.
From Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales by Van Vechten, Carl
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
Her testimony was so self-condemnatory that, according to the law of the day, there appeared to be no recourse but to sentence her to hanging.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Mindful of his recent thoughts, and re-impressed with the word Duty, which his friend had just emphasised, he sat down and wrote a distinctly self-condemnatory letter home.
From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
