offensive inquisitiveness
nosiness
How to use nosiness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for nosiness.
Editorial note
I'm sure there's all sorts of problems, ranging from simple nosiness to people snooping on previous partners or crushes, etc.
Quick take
offensive inquisitiveness
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of nosiness gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for nosiness.
noun
offensive inquisitiveness
See also: prying, snoopiness
Example sentences
I'm sure there's all sorts of problems, ranging from simple nosiness to people snooping on previous partners or crushes, etc.
A lot of the nosiness is driven by egoic insecurity and class politics. Every person I know who I could guarantee would be cool with it is super wealthy-- most of them 8 figures+ net worth.
And I certainly did not intend "the white man's burden", on the contrary, "the white man's nosiness". The Western people, objectively judged by their own standards, turn out to be better than they generally tend to judge themselves by those standards?
For instance, looking at Astrojetson's comments, at no point did they blame the riverside landowners for their selfishness and nosiness, the blame was all on Sean for daring to do what he's doing. They were no longer psychologically able to criticize the true source of the problem.
It wouldn't be immune to complication either, but the scope of required nosiness seems at least less incredibly intrusive. But most of the time, in the course of getting passed, proposed simplifications become additions instead of replacements.
And since the employee making the comment would never be personally liable in the case of a lawsuit, such advice boils down to misplaced concern or simple nosiness/bossiness. People should mind their own business unless their is a clear and present danger to thselves or the public.
Indeed, the people posting here demonstrably have a surplus of time, nosiness, and interest in the industry. High-level executives are generally insanely busy and very focused on their jobs.
Then people will be free to take the piss out of uptight idiots broadcasting nosiness/panic/hate. Having a small power structure creates a low stakes political game which allows these busybodies to dominate, similar to homeowners associations.
Their own "optimization" obsessed nosiness maybe biting them back bit by bit. It would be perversely amusing to see the head of some bullshit ad tracking firm, or bottom-feeding user data reseller, or the head of a snooping social network have their own dirty laundry leaked all over the web for all to see.
Start holding people accountable for their nosiness and people will start minding their own business. An encounter gone wrong with our militarized police can end an innocent life, result in significant injury, cause them to lose their job, and needlessly involve them in the expensive legal system.
There are a ton of applications, commercial, security, intelligence or general nosiness. IMO, the best way of thinking about face recognition is: Google Analytics will now work for physical reality.
The US didn't randomly, or even out of generic nosiness/imperialism, become a guarantor of the GFA; the Troubles were a focus of intensive and intensely divisive interest in the US. The underlying forces in the US that made that true haven't gone away.
I really don't get this nosiness about people's lives when you aren't sharing a common physical space. I enjoy sometimes being able to get out of bed a bit later, not having time to do a full morning ritual before work if I can get some 30-45 min more out of my sleep, why should I have to care about all of that to show my face to colleagues on camera?
If you read a more nuanced headline that in a large asian economy, a million privately owned cameras have been deployed, as locals chose to arm up against bad behaviour, perceived threats or nosiness, you might feel different. I am told the latter is actually as common as the former, in the aforesaid large asian economy.
Now it's no longer the case and perhaps the dynamics you're describing is the worst of both worlds, where the actual economical need for rich and frequent interactions with neighbors is gone and everything that's left is the nosiness. But, this itself is a result of modernity compartmentalizing people to the degree where they practically never need help from their neighbors.
Even in countries where the situation has not got out of hand, you will still see plenty of nosiness and carping about other individuals going outside and doing exercise. Even if they are not able to call the local police and have the person stopped, they are still wont to rage about it online, and this has really poisoned the atmosphere on international fora for various hobbies.
That point, on the internet, is a scar, and those who come across them out of curiosity, suspicion, or nosiness re-open the wound. Since my bad decisions, I've had success in contacting the authors of the articles highlighting my worst-moment-kept-in-a-non-governmental-database asking if they'd consider removing their article.
Never underestimate the nosiness of curtain-twitching busybody neighbors.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use nosiness in a sentence?
I'm sure there's all sorts of problems, ranging from simple nosiness to people snooping on previous partners or crushes, etc.
What does nosiness mean?
offensive inquisitiveness
What part of speech is nosiness?
nosiness is commonly used as noun.