disruptive
Syllables: dis·rup·tive/dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/US/dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/
disruptive adjective: causing disruption or unrest.
Adjective
disruptive (comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive)
- Causing disruption or unrest.
- Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
- Causing major change, as in a market.
- disruptive technologies
- Each time a disruptive technology emerged, between one-half and two-thirds of the established manufacturers failed to introduce models employing the new architecture—in stark contrast to their timely launches of critical sustaining technologies.1995 January–February, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton M. Christensen, “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave”, in Harvard Business Review
disruptive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disruptive in Hindi
- विघटनकारी, व्यवधानकारी
disruptive in Tamil
- இடையூறு விளைவிக்கும், சீர்குலைக்கும்
disruptive in Marathi
- विघटनकारी
disruptive in Urdu
- انتشاری, خلا انگیز
More languagesFewer languages
- disruptive in Telugu
- విఘాతం కలిగించేది, అంతరాయం కలిగించేది, విఘాతం కలిగించేవి
- disruptive in Malayalam
- ഭേദിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, വിള്ളൽ, പൊട്ടൽ, പിളർക്കുന്ന
- disruptive in Kannada
- ವಿಚ್ಛಿದ್ರಕಾರಿ, ವಿಚ್ಛಿದ್ರಕಾರಕ
- disruptive in Punjabi
- ਵਿਘਨਕਾਰੀ
- disruptive in Gujarati
- વિક્ષેપકારક, વિક્ષેપકારી
- disruptive in Nepali
- विघटनकारी, विक्षोभकारी
Examples of disruptive in a sentence
- Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
- They will kick out a disruptive patron.
- He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
Antonyms of disruptive
Forms of disruptive
| comparative | more disruptive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disruptive |
Origin of disruptive
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.
Words formed from disruptive
Phrases with disruptive
Questions about disruptive
- What does disruptive mean?
- Disruptive means causing disruption or unrest.
- What is disruptive in Hindi?
- Disruptive in Hindi is विघटनकारी, व्यवधानकारी. See Disruptive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disruptive?
- Disruptive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disruptive?
- Disruptive is pronounced /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ (UK).
Words near disruptive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disruptive (page history and authors); disruptive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruptive (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disruptive (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disruptive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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