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
While reviews were largely positive, The Quietus recoiled at the lack of heavy guitar anthems in a scathing screed that employed descriptors like "unintrusive", "clunking" and "by-numbers detritus".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
But admittedly having the phone with me all the time, in its small unintrusive form, has allowed me to capture moments that don’t make anyone’s head turn.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
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
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
