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Obtrusiveness

Obtrusive \Ob*tru"sive\, a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Ob*tru"sive*ness, n.

Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired.
--Milton.

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obtrusiveness

n. The characteristic of being obtrusive.

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obtrusiveness

n. an unwelcome conspicuousness [ant: unobtrusiveness]

Usage examples of "obtrusiveness".

For he probably bore away the feeling from those early days that he was predestined to become a leader and spokesman, and he did all that he could to outwit the obtrusiveness of fate.