View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Selfish.
Selfish meaning
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making. | Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others. | Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
Example sentences (20)
Another example is the assumption of narrowly selfish preferences versus a model that tests for selfish, altruistic, and cooperative preferences.
For example, Andrew Brown has written: citation :"“Selfish”, when applied to genes, doesn't mean “selfish” at all.
Irrespective of the strict definition of selfish DNA, there is no sharp, definitive boundary between the concepts of selfish DNA and genetically functional DNA.
Their antithesis were the wicked, who were selfish and greedy.sfn Satan raises the question of whether there is such a thing as disinterested righteousness: if God rewards righteousness with prosperity, will men not act righteously from selfish motives?
Actually, I think selfish is good for me — for now.
Although Goldilocks' motives might seem selfish, they aren't – they're misguided.
And in that moment we see her selfish unhappiness, and sadly, her disregard for the more careful Sonya.
And Jen — like 's perpetually left-out Cary and Brooke — is a mostly likable, but genuinely flawed and selfish fuckup, moping around waiting for her real life to start and self-sabotaging just to feel something.
And whatever potential she had for comedy or pathos isn’t evident by the dialogue or situations given her, which invariably paint her as a selfish twit and Indy as an arrogant sleaze.
An explosive rant following last Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Southampton saw the 53-year-old question the culture of a club that has “never won something” and aim criticism at his own “selfish players” after they let a two-goal lead slip.
A senior police officer said the DVLA statistics represent “selfish lawbreaking actions”.
As Jonas has rightly observed, some school owners may be colluding with some selfish officials either in the wards or at the council to provide irrelevant skills to some desperate and yet unsuspecting youths in our communities.
Barou's ultimate weakness on the field ends up being his overly selfish play style that relies too heavily on his own talents.
Being cautious about providing financial support to your grown children and other family members – and being purposeful when you do provide it — isn’t selfish.
By the winter of 1963, Ted and Sylvia – the latter whom of course I never knew – were selfish and fearless erotomanes, squabbling lovers who would eventually turn their fairy world into a hellscape.
Cllr Jonathan Brash, who represents the Burn Valley ward on Hartlepool Council, said: "I have visited the back street and seen first hand the disgraceful level of fly-tipping perpetrated by a small minority of selfish individuals.
Conte called the Spurs players "selfish" and criticised the club's culture in a remarkable news conference after their recent draw at Southampton.
Cr Johnson suggested that local residents were more motivated by selfish reasons than ecological concerns, but later withdrew these remarks.
Disagree with someone on the left and he is more likely to think you selfish, a sell-out, insensitive, possibly evil.
Do you think it is selfish to not want to be a living donor to anybody but a relation?