MEDDLE


Meaning of MEDDLE in English

(~s, meddling, ~d)

If you say that someone ~s in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked.

Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to ~ in such matters...

If only you hadn’t felt compelled to ~.

...the inept and meddling bureaucrats.

= interfere

VERB: V in/with n, V, V-ing disapproval

~r (~rs)

They view activists as little more than ~rs.

N-COUNT

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