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officious

British pronunciation/əfˈɪʃəs/
American pronunciation/əfˈɪʃəs/
officious
[ADJECTIVE]
1

self-important and very eager to give orders or help when it is not wanted, or needed

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Examples
1Twice he used the term officious interference.
2Joe from Family Guy who's a little bit more officious.
3In the tech world, the word Yahoo followed by an exclamation point stands for yet another hierarchical officious oracle.
4Malvolio is a supercilious, officious jerk with delusions of grandeur, but he never gives up.
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