intrusive

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Tending to intrude

   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?
2. 2

   Of rocks

   Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

3. 3

   epenthetic

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   1. 4

      Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is…

      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
   2. 5

      An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

The neighborhood

• synonymunwelcome
• synonymuninvited
• synonymdisturbing
• synonyminterrupting
• antonymunintrusive