intrusive
adjective
tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome.
unintrusive
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a word derived from
intrusive.
Example Sentences
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Colleton, 42, says he was just looking for an unintrusive way to make real-life connections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The IOC considers that SRY gene screening via saliva, cheek swab or blood sample is unintrusive compared to other possible methods," it said.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
These animations tend to be unintrusive and relaxing—think of the Lofi Girl with the headphones on studying at her desk.
From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2022
Bailey’s prose is unintrusive; yet under his strong light what remains is Roth’s life as it was lived and — almost — as it was felt.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
Boldly now she applied that word to her condition, moved perhaps to be at last frank with herself by the frankness of her quite unintrusive companion.
From The Way of Ambition by J. H. Gardner Soper
