self-important
adjective
self-im·por·tant
ˌself-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊnt 
-tənt
: having or showing self-importance
self-importantly
adverb
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a self-important businessman who believed his schedule mattered more than anyone else's
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Unsurprisingly, the small army of senior executives with make-work jobs and self-important titles, who add little to nothing to build Hearst’s brands, apparently made it through today relatively unscathed.
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Finally, someone is standing up and holding the fat, middle-aged White reporter accountable, and there’s nobody in the world that dislikes it less to be held accountable than the fat, middle-aged, White, self-important columnist at a newspaper.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
The self-important Brackman often was the butt of his colleagues’ jokes.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
Balmy does prove to be slightly sinister and fully absurd, in the way of self-important cult leaders everywhere, and Le Moulin even more so.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Finally, someone is standing up and holding the fat, middle-aged White reporter accountable, and there’s nobody in the world that dislikes it less to be held accountable than the fat, middle-aged, White, self-important columnist at a newspaper.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
The self-important Brackman often was the butt of his colleagues’ jokes.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2024
Balmy does prove to be slightly sinister and fully absurd, in the way of self-important cult leaders everywhere, and Le Moulin even more so.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Self-important.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-important. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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