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
Artificial intelligence can paint meddlesome monkeys, speak in the basso profundo of James Earl Jones and play a tune to suit a hall of mirrors.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023
“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
So, too, is your fear that answering an invitation to lunch will be considered meddlesome.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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