as in interfering
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate
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Recent Examples of messing
In reality, your body is constantly regulating them on its own, and messing with that process can be problematic.
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Rachel Reiff Ellis, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Rachel Reiff Ellis, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messing
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No, the most probable outcome is some sort of controversial ending, perhaps with McIntyre interfering and costing either Fatu or Rhodes the match.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Guy has spoken openly about not interfering too much while Hunter established himself in the food world.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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Their second goal came on a play that McLellan still felt postgame should have been overturned for goalie interference, with Dylan Strome seemingly poking a puck out from under Gibson’s glove and scoring on a wraparound.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Spillman seemingly didn’t mind poking fun at her age, hitting the comedic beat again in the November episode that featured the finalists.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Thornton, a vice president of strategic communications who has worked downtown for 17 years, including a decade with AIMCLEAR, was no stranger to snooping on behalf of his colleagues and his employer.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
5 Dec. 2025
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But snooping signals a lack of trust.—
Dr. Cortney Warren,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Messing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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