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SELF-SERVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-serving mean?
• SELF-SERVING (adjective)
The adjective SELF-SERVING has 1 sense:
1. interested only in yourself
Familiarity information: SELF-SERVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interested only in yourself
Synonyms:
self-seeking; self-serving
Similar:
selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)
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