how to pronounce intrusive

/ɪnˈtɹuː.sɪv/

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intrusive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of intrusive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… yeah without being intrusive obviously …”

meanings of intrusive

adjective:

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

noun:

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

intrusive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word intrusive occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics intrusive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that intrusive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;