selfish

IPA: sˈɛɫfɪʃ

Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
(video games) Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.

Examples of "selfish" in Sentences

But Calipari saw what he called "selfish" play in the first half.
There is the word selfish, that is, being absorbed in one's own self; in getting every stream to flow by his own door.
In his first public appearance since the scandal erupted, Woods apologized for what he called selfish and irresponsible behavior.
Now this is what I call selfish, after all, said I to myself: you will only enjoy yourself with those whose broken peace you have mended.
Don Manuel was indignant at what he termed the selfish and unfeeling conduct of Villabuena, who would thus sacrifice his daughter's happiness to his own pride and ambition.
Nor yet would the term selfish apply to an East End music hall audience when they eject any one who belongs to a different social class to themselves and wears good clothes.
In his first public appearance since revelations of marital infidelity caused his spectacular fall from grace, Woods apologized for what he called his selfish and irresponsible behaviour.
In a state of the nation address Wednesday, Medvedev lashed out against what he called selfish U.S. foreign policy and announced Moscow will set up a new missile base near the Polish border.
Dawkins coined the term selfish gene as a way of expressing the gene-centered view of evolution, which holds that evolution is best viewed as acting on genes, and that selection at the level of organisms or populations almost never overrides selection based on genes.