selfless
selfless adjective: having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
Adjective
selfless (comparative more selfless, superlative most selfless)
- Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
- In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.
- Because a certain degree of selfless behavior is essential to the smooth performance of any human group, selflessness run amok can crop up in political contexts.2011 March 10, Natalie Angier, “The Pathological Altruist Gives Till Someone Hurts”, in The New York Times
selfless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
selfless in Hindi
- selfless
- निस्पृह nispŕh
selfless in Tamil
- having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish
- தன்னலமற்ற taṉṉalamaṟṟa
selfless in Urdu
- selfless, unselfish, disinterested
- بے غرض be-ġaraz
selfless in Kannada
- ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ, ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥರಹಿತ, ತನ್ನಲ್ಮೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ತನ್ಮೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
More languagesFewer languages
- selfless in Arabic
- غَيْرِيّ ḡayriyy, إِيثَارِيّ ʔīṯāriyy
Examples of selfless in a sentence
- Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
- Romantic love is not selfless but selfish.
- That leading light, whose value-laden vision guided the nation's manumissive march with selfless steps, was frail, firm Jaya Prakash Narain.
Forms of selfless
| comparative | more selfless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most selfless |
Origin of selfless
From self + -less.
Words formed from selfless
Questions about selfless
- What does selfless mean?
- Selfless means having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
- What is selfless in Hindi?
- Selfless in Hindi is निस्पृह (nispŕh). See Selfless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is selfless?
- Selfless is an adjective.
Words near selfless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: selfless (page history and authors); निस्पृह (Hindi) (page history and authors); بے غرض (Urdu) (page history and authors); selfless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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