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Selfish Pronunciation

Pronounce Selfish as S EH L F IY S HH.

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    Selfish phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'selfish'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of selfish: /sɛlfɪsh/
    • Modern IPA representation of selfish: /sɛlfɪsh/

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    List of meaning for selfish

    to think of oneself

    selfish(adj)

    concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

    "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

    overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests

    a selfish desire to succeed at the expense of others

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    selfish in sentence

    1. The selfish restaurant guests never tip or leave any form of gratuity for their servers.

    2. Despite his immense wealth, Frank is a selfish man who gives a nominal amount to charities each year.

    3. The selfish CEO sees factory workers as a dime a dozen, so he would rather fire and replace employees than treat them fairly.

    4. Because the king was selfish and uncaring, many people came to see him hang on the gallows.

    5. Since he was known to be a selfish man, Darren never paid his child support even though he had plenty of money.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term selfish

    A person who is an utter selfish has an irresistible wish to get the praise always only on own face from the people and in an event of not getting such appreciation any day, s/he feels asphyxiation.

    – Anuj Somany

    A mother is so,so selfish that she even cooks the dish for her children only of her own liking only ,but asks them as what they want to have to merely see if their food demand matches with her wish.

    – Anuj Somany

    Our request is not a selfish request; we only ask that you assign any monies to aid families who have suffered or are suffering from food borne illnesses. i don't have the impression that Parnell set out to kill people.

    – Carl Tobias

    A person who makes merely name but not money in proportion to his fame and reputation is not listened or heard of his wise word even by his own family members in this world full of selfish people.

    – Anuj Somany

    A selfish person always alters his/her principal according to his /her benefit.

    – Prakash Adhikari

    A wise person has an action or a tone of protection for the people, but others have own voice full of either advice that may look nice often with the word ‘YOU' or thoughts of hidden selfish intention.

    – Anuj Somany

    It's more advisable and better off to live for others than to live for oneself or yourself. Yes! because a selfish person is easily forgotten after his or her demise. Whereas, the world do remember and celebrate the generous person(s) perpetually e.g. John D. Rockefeller/Andrew Carnegie/George Soros/Oprah Winfrey/Warren Buffett/Martin Luther King Jnr./Mother Theresa/Mahatma Gandhi/Nelson Mandela/Chinua Achebe among others. Thus, endeavour to live for others throughout your lifetime. For, it really pays eventually.

    – Emeasoba George

    Most people have such a selfish mind that they can't even find the kind heart enshrined in own soul, so obviously often take ‘COMPLAINT’ made against them by others in prank as own ‘COMPLIMENT ‘only.

    – Anuj Somany

    If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do good anyway.

    – Mother Teresa

    People who used to post selfie on social media often earlier have merely gone into hibernation, but not have changed their selfish intention.

    – Anuj Somany

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