as in messed
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things
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Recent Examples of interfered
With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.
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Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago cornerback Nahshon Wright both grabbed Rice’s facemask and interfered.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
The match ended in controversy when Roman Reigns interfered.
—Andrew Ravens, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
But a thing called the Civil War interfered.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Weiser, Polis and the state's top water official — state engineer Jason Ullman — denied Nebraska's claims that Colorado interfered in its attempts to build the canal and denied the allegations that Colorado is not meeting the requirements of the compact.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago cornerback Nahshon Wright both grabbed Rice’s facemask and interfered.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
The match ended in controversy when Roman Reigns interfered.
—Andrew Ravens, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interfered
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The incident ended when one of her top aides, Juan José Ramírez Mendoza, intervened.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Marlowe almost did not graduate because of unauthorized absences, and Queen Elizabeth’s advisers on the Privy Council intervened on his behalf.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Whoopi Goldberg, Emily Blunt and Natasha Lyonne were among the stars expressing their outrage, while Ryan Reynolds poked fun at Tilly in his new Mint Mobile ad.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Low branches poked at the roof of our boat and brushed our arms.—
Idra Novey,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Interfered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfered. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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