Modifies a noun

• devotion: The British public and the Gurkhas owe a great deal to General Sir Walter Walker and his unselfish devotion to his beloved Gurkhas.

• motive: How important is it for the well-being of the world that people act with unselfish motives?

• love: Good Friday is not only about the horrible death of Jesus - it is also about the totally unselfish love of God.

• act: The RAF pilots ' unselfish acts of courage are a testimony to the charge of liberty.

• action: All the prophets of the world, except Buddha, had external motives to move them to unselfish action.

• play: I think there was a lot of unselfish play out there.

Modifying Another Word

• very: They must have strong legs and be very unselfish when it comes to scoring.

• perfectly: Suppose a man becomes perfectly unselfish under the personalistic system, how are we to distinguish him from the perfected ones in other systems?

• totally: Good Friday is not only about the horrible death of Jesus - it is also about the totally unselfish love of God.

• utterly: His comfort, his success, his reputation, his joy, his fulfillment, his blessing are her delight, utterly unselfish.

• reasonably: If they decide with reasonably unselfish motives, that justifies an abortion.

• entirely: She was perhaps the only entirely unselfish person whose name has a place in profane history.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Only he whose garment is rent by love becomes entirely unselfish " .