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selflessself‧less /ˈselfləs/ adjective - He dedicated his entire life to selfless service to his country.
- The idea of the selfless, self-sacrificing mother is not one that appeals to most women these days.
- We must remember the selfless sacrifice of our soldiers.
- Are you selfless, or sensitive?
- But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race.
- Her instants of selfless love, so focused upon me, are balm for my abraded ego.
- It was a genuinely selfless act, which I recount only because at the time it seemed so incredible.
- King Vessantara, being selfless, gave the elephant away without a second thought.
- She is selfless in religious commitment, yet delights in displaying herself in print as a spiritual heroine.
- The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture.
- They appealed to the selfless moral and ethical standards we like to believe we possess.
not selfish► unselfish · She is an outgoing, unselfish, and loving person.· It's a good team - they listen to the coaching and they're unselfish with the ball.· Abernathy was a man of great courage and an unselfish dedication to a just cause. ► selfless caring only about other people's needs, not your own, and never behaving selfishly: · The idea of the selfless, self-sacrificing mother is not one that appeals to most women these days.selfless devotion/sacrifice/concern etc: · We must remember the selfless sacrifice of our soldiers. ► altruistic sincerely concerned about other people and willing to help them or give money to them if they need it, without trying to get any advantage for yourself: · You can't expect a large corporation to be altruistic.· Companies that donate books or equipment to schools that collect their tokens are not being entirely altruistic - after all, you have to buy the products to get the tokens. caring about other people more than about yourself – used to show approval: selfless devotion to their work—selflessly adverb—selflessness noun [uncountable] |