meddlesome

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And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

“I didn’t want Liz to be a meddlesome neighbor in someone’s life,” Miller says on a video call from her home office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Bonnie Black delivers compelling performances as both the marquise’s mother, a woman of mean understanding, and the meddlesome Madam Graffigny, a not entirely welcome guest at the marquise’s family estate.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

That way, if they are in fact seeking expensive intervention, then your gift will ease their burden at a wrenching time with no strings or meddlesome pressure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller