"obstrusive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} obstrusive
  1. Misspelling of obtrusive. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: obtrusive
    Sense id: en-obstrusive-en-adj-g9J~lf71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: more obstrusive [comparative], most obstrusive [superlative]
Etymology: From obstruse + -ive. Compare abstruse, abstrusive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|obstruse|ive}} obstruse + -ive Head templates: {{en-adjective|more}} obstrusive (comparative more obstrusive, superlative most obstrusive)
  1. (rare, dated) Abstruse. Tags: dated, rare
    Sense id: en-obstrusive-en-adj-cSiyL3T7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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