self-inflicted

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Recent Examples of self-inflicted Hallie Helms, 22, died at the scene and an autopsy determined her gunshot wound was self-inflicted. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025 Instability and uncertainty are sometimes unavoidable, as in the case of a pandemic, but this time around, all of the uncertainty is deliberate and all of the economic pain is self-inflicted. Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 And the swirling rumors, the leaks and the embarrassments, are self-inflicted and preventable. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 The problem, of course, is that the wounds were self-inflicted in the first place. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-inflicted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-inflicted
self-imposed
Adjective
  • Summary These 5 films reveal how limitations are self-imposed.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • This limit is self-imposed as regulations vary from country to country.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 27 May 2025

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“Self-inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-inflicted. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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