interessta
English translation: selfish
| 06:40 Jul 8, 2002 |
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| 4 +1 | selfish |
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| 4 | self-seeking/opportunistic |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1selfish Explanation: and it is often used together with "wicked" (as can be seen in the previous answer) |
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self-seeking/opportunistic Explanation: another couple of possibilities -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-07-08 07:03:09 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- \"self-seeking 1. Pursuing only one\'s own ends or interests. 2. Exhibiting concern only with promoting one\'s own ends or interests: self-seeking maneuvers.\" \"opportunistic Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.\" The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |
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