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Webster 1913 Edition

Disruptive

Dis-rupt′ive

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Adj.

Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting;

as, the

disruptive

discharge of an electrical battery

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Nichol.

Definition 2024

disruptive

disruptive

English

Adjective

disruptive ‎(comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive)

Causing disruption or unrest.
Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
- 2005, Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide (page 222)
  […] companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.

Translations

causing disrupt or unrest

Finnish: häiritsevä (fi)
French: perturbant (fr), dérangeant (fr)
German: störend (de)
Korean: 산만한 ‎(sanmanhan)
Norwegian: splittende, nedbrytende
Polish: rozpraszający, zakłócający spokój m

Russian: разруши́тельный (ru) ‎(razrušítelʹnyj), опустоши́тельный (ru) ‎(opustošítelʹnyj), подрывно́й (ru) ‎(podryvnój) (subversive)
Serbo-Croatian: disruptivan, razoran (sh), uznemirujući (sh), remetilački (sh)
Spanish: perturbante, disruptivo (es) (used in science)
Turkish: rahatsız edici

See also

disruptive innovation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
disruptive selection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia