obtrusive
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Those spiral racks are sculptural and arresting, but far from obtrusive.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
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
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
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