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self-serving

Self serving describes a person or action done only for one's own benefit, sometimes at the expense of others. (adjective)

An example of self-serving is a lie told to make yourself look better.

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See self-serving in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See self-serving in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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