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self-important
Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
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  1. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
  2. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious
impertinent
Not pertinent or suitable
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  1. Not pertinent or suitable
  2. Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold:
  3. Not showing proper respect or manners; insolent; impudent
intrusive
(Geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
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  1. (Geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
  2. (Geol.) Designating or of igneous rock formed from magma that hardened while still within the earth, moon, etc.
  3. (Phonet.) Present or added in speech although not represented originally in spelling or accounted for otherwise etymologically (Ex.: the d added to OE spinel to form spindle)
meddlesome
Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
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  1. Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
  2. Meddling or inclined to meddle; interfering
obtrusive
Noticeable; prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
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  1. Noticeable; prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
  2. Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash:
  3. Undesirably noticeable:
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  • Officious hands, Russian and French, immediately seized the cross and fastened it to the uniform.

  • On this extreme concentration of the Christian power was employed throughout Europe an army of official agents or officious adherents of the Holy See, who were animated by an irrepressible zeal for the aggrandizement of the papacy.

  • His influence at court had declined after the death of Queen Mary; William resented his often officious advice, placed little confidence in his discretion, and soon after his accession is even said to have described him as ein rechter Tartuffe.

  • As Hamilton was somewhat officious and very combative, and Jefferson, although uncontentious, very suspicious and quite independent, both men holding inflexibly to opinions, cabinet harmony became impossible when the two secretaries had formed parties about them and their differences were carried into the 1 It was at this period of his life that Jefferson gave expression to some of the opinions for which he has been most severely criticized and ridiculed.

  • Generally, business-like websites with officious appearances will probably stick with inline graphics.

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