unnecessary intrusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryandintrusion
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unnecessary
adjective
uk/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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intrusion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈtruː.ʒən/us/ɪnˈtruː.ʒən/
an occasion when someone goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or expected ...
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I shall look into the dialogue that he had with his local building inspector to see whether there was anyunnecessaryintrusion.
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That would avoidunnecessaryintrusioninto an individual's personal affairs, and would allow for as much involvement as possible by him in the decision-making process.
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I hope that this matter will be considered on education grounds and not with anunnecessaryintrusionof politics into it.
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That is an extremely distasteful andunnecessaryintrusion.
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The two-year rule will lead tounnecessaryintrusioninto people's private lives and in some cases will place an intolerable burden on marriages.
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As was said before, on occasions in the prison service they are not quite sure whether the probation service is a necessary orunnecessaryintrusion.
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There is also protection by the courts againstunnecessaryintrusion.
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It is a totallyunnecessaryintrusioninto the freedoms of millions of people.
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Where there isunnecessaryintrusion, it must cease.
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Why impose thisunnecessaryintrusionon people who behave properly?
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It sees this as anotherunnecessaryintrusioninto its complex labour relations and its already sophisticated and adequate enforcement machinery.
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The day has long passed when the visitor is regarded as anunnecessaryintrusionupon the practice of medicine.
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I do not believe that the child assessment order, as we have it, is anunnecessaryintrusion.
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The recommendation has been rejected on the ground that such official approval would be anunnecessaryintrusioninto the way that the certifying authorities manage their affairs.
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For the majority of people who work for decent, small, local family firms, they are an unwelcome andunnecessaryintrusioninto the good working relationship between employer and employee.
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At this time, we must make very many intrusions on the liberty of the subject; but that means that we must be very cautious before we make anunnecessaryintrusion.
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What happened brought home to me theunnecessaryintrusionthat many people who live near to such supermarkets must suffer in what is supposed to be their private home life.
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We need appropriate technology, nounnecessaryintrusionand respect for women's wishes—as well as an acknowledgement by all concerned that as women's bodies swell their brains do not shrink.
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This would avoidunnecessaryintrusioninto an individual's personal affairs and would enable him or her to have as much involvement as possible in the decision-making process.
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He commented that the siting of the visitor centre avoidedunnecessaryintrusionon the tranquillity of the nature reserve.
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