Definition of DISRUPTIVE

disruptive

Adjective Satellite

  • characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
    • "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"

Adj

  • Causing disruption or unrest.
  • Causing major change, as in a market.

Examples

  • Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
  • disruptive technologies

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

non-disruptive, nondisruptive

Scrabble Score: 16

disruptive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disruptive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disruptive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

disruptive: valid Words With Friends Word