intrusive

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/

Etymology: Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
“Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?”
Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
epenthetic
Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
“an intrusive linked list”

Etymology: Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock