Self-Inflicted Wound

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SIW
Pronunciation
/sɛlf ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd wund/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. And it was a completely unnecessary, self-inflicted wound with real costs to real people, and it can never happen again.
  2. That is a self-inflicted wound since an explanation probably would have headed off this part of the muddy waters attack.
  3. The difference would be that US austerity would be caused not by the pressure of the markets, or the IMF – instead it would be a self-inflicted wound that caused huge damage to ordinary Americans and to the global economy.
  4. Green worries most that Alibaba will suffer not so much from a slowdown in China, but rather from a self-inflicted wound caused by pursuing the wrong strategy.
  5. Was it a self-inflicted wound?

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