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scheming

adjective

concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

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Word length
8
Starts with
S
Ends with
G
Contains
CH
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

    “{'source': 'W.Churchill', 'text': 'a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue'}”

adjective

  1. acting with a specific goal

    “the most calculating and selfish men in the community”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'W.Churchill', 'text': 'a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue'}
a scheming wife
a scheming gold digger
the most calculating and selfish men in the community

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