invasive

Examples

• All

• So as this begins to be more invasive, women are going to be hurt by this.

• Individuals will resist procedures that are seen as unfair, invasive, and ineffective in detecting performance impairment.

  Academic text (2005)

• It's just so invasive and we'll try to do whatever we can to stop this.

  Bury Your Gays (2025)

• We encourage people to call to e-mail, to do whatever just to be to be angry about this type of invasive surveillance.

  ReasonTV

• Drivers rated the testing procedures as invasive as users of public transportation services did.

  Academic text (2005)

• Employees might find this more invasive than an employer investigating behavior that is illegal, such as drug abuse.

  Academic text (2005)

• Monitoring of heart rate is probably the simplest and least invasive form of cardiac monitoring.

  Academic text (2003)

• As Americans, we are right to be concerned by the larger and more invasive intelligence superstructure that these policies entail.

  Academic text (2011)

• The development of a comprehensive approach to understand and forecast aerial movements of invasive species is in its infancy.

  Academic text (2005)

• Disc golf courses are generally designed to have a minimally disruptive and minimally invasive effect on the existing environment.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

I

intrusive

vsinvasive

52 6.1

Entering where you are not wanted and disturbing someone's privacy

is broader and often harmful beyond merely disturbing privacy

I

invasionary

vsinvasive

1 7.0

About an attack where one group enters another area to take control

focuses on gradual unwelcome intrusion rather than large attack

E

encroaching

vsinvasive

6.7

Gradually moving into an area where it is not wanted or allowed

is broader can be harmful and not only slow trespass

I

incursive

vsinvasive

9.9

Involving an attack that crosses into another area

describes slow unwelcome intrusion rather than forceful assault

I

intruding

vsinvasive

6.1

Sticking into a space from outside

concerns unwelcome harmful entry not only physical projection

Antonyms

W

welcoming

66 1.0

A friendly way of acting that makes people feel comfortable

N

non-intrusive

4.5

Not causing trouble or interrupting what people do

Compounds

I

invasive species

• Specialized

7 4.4

Plants or animals from another place that spread quickly and harm local plants and animals

M

minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

• Specialized

4.8

An operation using small tools and a camera to bypass blocked blood vessels while the heart beats

I

invasive carp

• Specialized

6.1

A fish from another place that spreads quickly and harms local plants and animals

How Intrusive

invasive

19 5.9

intrusive

52 6.1

unobtrusive

8 6.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology