obtrusive

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While wearable technologies with embedded sensors, such as smartwatches, are widely available, these devices can be uncomfortable, obtrusive and can inhibit the skin's intrinsic sensations.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Disguising every pylon in the country would likely be expensive and impractical; however the National Grid has made efforts to change the traditional design of a pylon into something less obtrusive.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

Ingebrigtsen described the experience as obtrusive but enjoyable, yet he also grew frustrated when cameras would follow him to his room long after formal interviews had ended during major championships.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Her origins finally emerged in a 2017 Hollywood Reporter exposé, whose raw material the series relays through obtrusive mock interviews with characters, many of them renamed, lightly fictionalized versions of real people.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

Her rooms were so silent that the music seemed obtrusive.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas