obtrusiveness
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Clocky’s creator, Gauri Nanda, wanted to temper its obtrusiveness by making it cute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
In each case, these issues are characterized by their obtrusiveness.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2020
By his cleverness, obtrusiveness and passion for intrigue, he won a place in McCarthy's book as "the most brilliant young fellow I have ever met."
From Time Magazine Archive
If ever there was a man who without the slightest obtrusiveness, or self- assertion of any kind, had unlimited influence over those about him, it was Arnold Grey.
From Christian's Mistake by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
He therefore used this marble, which, doubtless, will stand in increased obtrusiveness when every stone of the cathedral has decayed.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
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