intrusive.
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Meaning & usage
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
epenthetic
Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
an intrusive linked list
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
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