meddlesomeness

Some of them suffered in purse, not from "bad men," but from men whose easy consciences did not refuse to take advantage of their necessities, and of their ignorance of the country and its ways; and some of them suffered in their feelings from what they believed to be curiosity and "meddlesomeness" on the part of neighbours, who in reality meant to be helpful and friendly.

David Fleming's Forgiveness 1859

Such meddlesomeness would not be acceptable today, but it might be fun to be so sure of oneself.

Cherie Burns: Fashion arbiters who think for themselves and dress like grownups Cherie Burns 2011

From Don Boudreaux: The real and truly harmful epidemic in America is not obesity, but meddlesomeness.

Archive 2009-10-01 Matt Johnston 2009

And one of the most important things that people need to understand is what we are finding there with Iran's meddlesomeness in the region.

CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2007 2007

Must not injustice be a strife which arises among the three principles — a meddlesomeness, and interference, and rising up of a part of the soul against the whole, an assertion of unlawful authority, which is made by a rebellious subject against a true prince, of whom he is the natural vassal — what is all this confusion and delusion but injustice, and intemperance, and cowardice, and ignorance, and every form of vice?

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

The fact of the matter is the policies she would embrace of big government, government meddlesomeness, even more laxness in the tort laws.

CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006 2006

The present is the age of official protection, and perhaps just a trifle too much interference and meddlesomeness.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

Every child is menaced from without not only by material dangers but by the meddlesomeness of alien wills; and from within, by an exaggerated idea of his own personality and all the fancies it breeds.

The Simple Life Charles Wagner

Smothering a curse at Little's meddlesomeness, he snatched up his glasses and focussed them on the schooner.

Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle

The unscrupulousness of some lawyers, who fatten their purses at the expense of marital happiness, and the meddlesomeness of relatives are also contributing causes.

Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe