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Self-interested

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self-in·ter·est (slfntrst, -ntr-st)
n.
1. Selfish or excessive regard for one's personal advantage or interest.
2. Personal advantage or interest.
self-inter·est·ed adj.
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My wind may fail me at any moment, and it ain't likely that, to my own knowledge, I'd be self-interested under such circumstances.
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