Mean
Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Self-serving and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-serving" instead an adjective "Mean".
Self-serving
Self-serving adjective - Overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests.
Mean and self-serving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective phrase "Self-serving".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Considering he was one of the only members of the court who wasn't a self-serving jerkass this comes across as particularly mean.
- Unfortunately, his self-serving, cowardly, and at times down right stupid nature mean that even when test does expose someone he doesn't tell anyone the truth.
Source: Imposter-Exposing Test -
Meaningful Name: "Vanitas" can mean "vanity" (exhibited in the self-serving way he talks about saving the vampires) or "emptiness" (a possible allusion to Noé's statement at the end of chapter 1 that he would kill him with his own two hands).
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