self-generated

American

[self-jen-uh-rey-tid, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tɪd, ˈsɛlf- /

adjective

made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.

Example Sentences

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Mind wandering refers to moments when attention drifts away from what a person is doing and turns inward to self-generated thoughts.

From Science Daily

Up until now she’s been in smaller projects, a lot of them self-generated.

From Los Angeles Times

Along with being the tallest skyscraper in the country, Lotte is also a beacon of resource-aware futurism, using self-generated renewables to generate almost half of its energy requirements.

From National Geographic

The bacteria used the self-generated oxygen to split methane for energy.

From Scientific American

"I don't dream about getting the call for anything because most of my career is self-generated."

From Salon

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