intrusive

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While self sufficient and non-intrusive, the regular contacts left their mark on the language and culture of the indigenous communities of the Arnhem Land and neighbouring areas.

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  1. adjective Intruding or tending to intrude.
  2. adjective Geology Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock.
  3. adjective Linguistics Epenthetic.

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  • While self sufficient and non-intrusive, the regular contacts left their mark on the language and culture of the indigenous communities of the Arnhem Land and neighbouring areas. —  Israel Palestine Blogs
  • The camera work is most non-intrusive, the judging mostly constructive and interesting, and the biopics of the team's not too maudlin. —  The Click Heard Round the World
  • Swimming upstream: 7 reasons the Google Android phone will fail Windows 7 to dial down UAC - Engineers working on Windows 7 have admitted Vista's User Account Control was too intrusive, and are promising to tone it down in the forthcoming Windows 7. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC - Engineers working on Windows 7 have admitted Vista's User Account Control was too intrusive, and are promising to tone it down in the forthcoming Windows 7. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • The Alaskite intrusive is the main focus of the Lone Pine Property drilling and has been interpreted as being the most favorable lithology for molybdenum mineralization. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
 

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  1. from Latin intrudere, past participle intrusus, thrust in (see intrude), + -ive.
 

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