Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with selfish in American Collocation
selfish
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈselfɪʃ/
completely
completely
entirely
purely
totally
utterly
I was in favour of the ban for purely selfish reasons, because I don’t smoke.
very
extremely
incredibly
very
That’s not only incredibly selfish, it’s downright irresponsible.
greedy
inconsiderate
irresponsible
lazy
rude
thoughtless
The emergency services complain that they get too many unecessary calls from thoughtless and selfish people.