self-inflicted

[self-in-flik-tid, self-]

adjective

1. inflicted by oneself upon oneself.

   a self-inflicted wound.

self-inflicted

adjective

1. (of an injury) having been inflicted on oneself by oneself

Other Word Forms

• self-infliction noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-inflicted¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Many of the worst, most painful defeats since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took charge have been self-inflicted.

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Su was able to dispense with Intel as a competitor because Intel had “self-inflicted wounds,” said Daniel Newman, CEO of research and advisory firm Futurum Group.

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Target’s struggles have been a result of both external factors such as inflation, which damped demand for the trendy throw pillows and children’s clothes Target is known for, as well as self-inflicted wounds.

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Anaheim police officers located Jin and his vehicle in the 100 block of Vermont Street in Anaheim where he was pronounced deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

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And Gina Gershon, while adding a bit of mania as the mysterious Marie Bertrand, is also something of a satellite to the mothership, so to speak, a series with a first-rate cast that suffers a few too many self-inflicted wounds.

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