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as in busy

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited a relentlessly intruding child who likes to interrupt adult conversations simply to get attention

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intruding

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verb

present participle of intrude

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as in interrupting

to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me for intruding, but I think I know where that restaurant is

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as in interfering

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends

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