disruptive
dis·rup·tive
(dĭs-rŭp′tĭv)adj.
1. Relating to, causing, or produced by disruption.
2. Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model: potential high returns from investing in disruptive companies.
dis·rup′tive·ly adv.
dis·rup′tive·ness n.
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disruptive
(dɪsˈrʌptɪv)adj
involving, causing, or tending to cause disruption
disˈruptively adv
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dis•rup•tive
(dɪsˈrʌp tɪv)adj.
causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption.
[1835–45]
dis•rup′tive•ly, adv.
dis•rup′tive•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. |  disruptive - characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" |
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disruptive
adjective disturbing, upsetting, disorderly, unsettling, troublesome, unruly, obstreperous, troublemaking violent, disruptive behaviour
cooperative, obedient, compliant, well-behaved, docile, biddable
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disruptive
adjectiveTroubling to the mind or emotions:
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Translations
مُخَرِّب، مُخِل بالنِّظام، هَدّام
rušivý
ødelæggende
häiritsevä
bomlasztó
truflandi; óróa-
rušivý
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
disruptive
[dɪsˈrʌptɪv] adj [person, behaviour] → perturbateur/trice; [influence] → perturbateur/trice; [effect] → perturbateur/trice
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
disruptive
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
disruptive
[dɪsˈrʌptɪv] adj (pupil) → indisciplinato/a; (influence) → negativo/a, deleterio/a; (strike action) → paralizzante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
disrupt
(disˈrapt) verbto break up or put into a state of disorder. Rioters disrupted the meeting; Traffic was disrupted by floods.
disˈruption (-ʃən) noundisˈruptive (-tiv) adjectivecausing disorder. a disruptive child.
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