Disruptive
/dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing disruption or unrest.
"Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school."
- 2 Causing major change, as in a market.
"disruptive technologies"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Arguments can be disruptive at work."
Etymology
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.