Meaning

2 senses
  1. Causing disruption or unrest.

    Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.

    störend

    разруши́тельныйrazrušítelʹnyj, опустоши́тельныйopustošítelʹnyj, подрывно́йpodryvnój

    руйнівни́йrujnivnýj, підривни́йpidryvnýj

    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

  2. Causing major change, as in a market.

    disruptive technologies

    disruptiv

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom is often disruptive in class.

    deTom stört oft den Unterricht.

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  2. Tom was being disruptive in class.

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  3. Tom was disruptive.

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  4. Arguments can be disruptive at work.

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  5. Today is expected to be disruptive.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
causing disrupt or unrest:
Русский
By meaning 1
causing disrupt or unrest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
causing disrupt or unrest:
causing major change:

Origin

From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph B

From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.

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Forms

more disruptive, most disruptive
Comparativemore disruptive Lesson
Superlativemost disruptive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
non-disruptivenondisruptive

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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