1
as in ambitious
having a strong desire for personal advancement
a self-seeking schemer who claimed others' ideas and achievements as his own
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2
as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a self-seeking woman who could be counted on to sidetrack all conversation into a discussion of her problems
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Adjective
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This intensive research helps weed out goals that are genuinely unrealistic or, while ambitious, are already being solved by the market.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025 -
Saudi Arabia's social and economic transformation agenda is particularly ambitious and expensive.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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The Ultraman of the comics would need a whole lot of convincing to help A.R.G.U.S. or anyone else to work for something other than his own selfish designs; not to mention doing it while hiding his identity.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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What Pete Rose did was selfish, illicit, shameful, crooked.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Born in Nicaragua and raised in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, Ramirez had scored an early film-producing credit (Public Figure, an independent documentary about social media featuring Rose McGowan) and had been the subject of a photo spread on Vanity Teen, a website highlighting aspiring models.—
Ben Widdicombe,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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Christie, alongside dozens of other experts, is there for any aspiring writer with 79 pounds (about $105) to spare.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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“Self-seeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-seeking. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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