intrusive
Use Intrusive in a sentence
sɪv adjective
1.
tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
2.
characterized by or involving intrusion.
3.
intruding; thrusting in.
4.
Geology.
a.
(of a rock) having been forced between preexisting rocks or rock layers while in a molten or plastic condition.
b.
noting or pertaining to plutonic rocks.
5.
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intrusive (ɪnˈtruːsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by intrusion or tending to intrude |
| 2. | Compare extrusive (of igneous rocks) formed by intrusion |
| 3. | phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound that is introduced into a word or piece of connected speech for a phonetic rather than a historical or grammatical reason, such as the (r) often pronounced between idea and of in the idea of it |
| in'trusively | |
| —adv | |
| in'trusiveness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
It would be a little less intrusive at the intersession, but that's up to you.
But it is plagued with a highly intrusive state government.
Avatars were too distracting and audio too intrusive and they crashed all the time.
Third, because governments have become generally more intrusive as universities have grown in size and importance.
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