True, the invasive publication may titillatemeddlesomepeople and relieve their desires for gossip that is none of their business.
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We have seen themeddlesometentacular head office disbanded.
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It is complex,meddlesomeand burdensome to the taxpayer without giving value for money.
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This gives one of those opportunities so dear to the heart, unfortunately, of the officials ofmeddlesomeaction causing irritation.
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Or it could degenerate into a cosy, introspective huddle, suspicious of the outside world, suffocated within by bureaucracy andmeddlesomeregulation.
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It is ameddlesome, bureaucratic and wrong-headed programme.
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There are others who are less so; either less ambitious or lessmeddlesome.
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They can continue to do so provided there is nomeddlesomeintereference.
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That is wrong andmeddlesome, but unfortunately the proposal has had little publicity in this country.
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To prolong a life when there is no medical or moral requirement to do so, ismeddlesomemedicine and bad practice.
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In fact the word that occurs to me is "meddlesome".
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People who send malicious communications aremeddlesomeand cowardly; people who send anonymous letters are cowards.
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Do not let us spoil bymeddlesomeamendments what is working so well.
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Perhaps that is desirable but surely it ismeddlesome.
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Just in proportion as you introducemeddlesomeand restrictive legislation of this kind, so do you undermine the independence of the family and the stability of family life.
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