self-inflicted

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Recent Examples of self-inflicted Police said the shooting was self-inflicted, but didn’t give any more details. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025 Jones himself died of a gunshot wound that was likely self-inflicted. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025 Sragow contends that the city’s financial problems are largely self-inflicted. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025 The current crisis is entirely self-inflicted by a sophomoric tariff policy. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-inflicted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-inflicted
self-imposed
Adjective
  • The jam Williams found himself in was self-imposed, as the righty added a walk and a hit-by-pitch to the automatic runner on second.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
  • The press is still free; its only limitations are self-imposed.
    Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Self-inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-inflicted. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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