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Intrusive

//ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
  3. 3
    epenthetic
  4. 4
    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"

Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to intrude (especially upon privacy) wordnet
  2. 2
    thrusting inward wordnet
  3. 3
    of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

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