intrusive
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He points to research showing that people respond strongly to a noise when they consider the source to be "novel, intrusive or frequent".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Anorthosite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it forms when molten material cools and solidifies beneath Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
When someone calls her out of the blue, it can feel intrusive and give her a lot of anxiety.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
When the camera’s prying eye becomes more intrusive, though, she “feels a great sense of betrayal, that her family is being used and exploited.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
I felt intrusive, as reporters often do, and I began to think that a tape machine between two people who were supposedly friends was a foreign object, an artificial ear.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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