self-involved
adjective
self-in·volved
ˌself-in-ˈvälvd 
-ˈvȯlvd,
also -ˈvävd,
or ˈvȯvd
Examples of self-involved in a Sentence
most of the local teenagers seem too self-involved to care much about the world that lies beyond their affluent suburb
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The men at the film’s center — Paul and Carey — are hysterical and self-involved.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Not that Samantha wasn’t self-involved.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Stone plays the glamorous and self-involved Ginger McKenna in the film, directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Don’t be too proud to accept help or too self-involved to provide it in return.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
And Janine is causing chaos, being self-involved, but under the guise of helping the school.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
That’s par for the course with a contract negotiation like this, particularly with wide receivers who are, on the whole, weird and self-involved.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Not that Samantha wasn’t self-involved.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Stone plays the glamorous and self-involved Ginger McKenna in the film, directed by Martin Scorsese.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Don’t be too proud to accept help or too self-involved to provide it in return.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
And Janine is causing chaos, being self-involved, but under the guise of helping the school.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
That’s par for the course with a contract negotiation like this, particularly with wide receivers who are, on the whole, weird and self-involved.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Self-involved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-involved. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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