Arguments can be disruptive at work.
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Disruptive
//dɪsˈɹʌptɪv//
Synonyms for "disruptive" (41 found)
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1 entriesrelated to
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2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- disgregatiu adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- disruptiu adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分裂性的 adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- 扰动的 adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Dutch
2 entries- onrustwekkend adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- storend adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Finnish
1 entries- häiritsevä adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
French
2 entries- dérangeant adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- perturbant adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
German
2 entries- disruptiv adj (causing major change)
- störend adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Hungarian
3 entries- bomlasztó adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- zavart keltő adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- züllesztő adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Italian
2 entries- disgregante adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- frantumante adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Korean
1 entries- 산만한 adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Norwegian
2 entries- nedbrytende adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- splittende adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Polish
2 entries- rozpraszający adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- zakłócający spokój adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Portuguese
2 entries- diruptivo adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- disruptivo adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Russian
3 entries- опустоши́тельный adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- подрывно́й adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- разруши́тельный adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- disruptivan adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- razoran adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- remetilački adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- uznemirujući adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Spanish
2 entries- disruptivo adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
- perturbante adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Turkish
1 entries- rahatsız edici adj (causing disrupt or unrest)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Working shifts can be extremely disruptive to family life.
Source: tatoeba (2170855)
Lately that student has been disruptive in class. Honestly it's beginning to worry me.
Source: tatoeba (4362695)
It was pretty disruptive.
Source: tatoeba (5744877)
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