intrusive
/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/ adjective C1- 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?
- Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- Epenthetic.
- 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
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