To be disruptive means to prevent something from continuing or operating in a normal way.
There are many ways children's disruptive behaviour can be managed.
The process of implementing these changes can be very disruptive to a small company.
Synonyms: disturbing, upsetting, disorderly, unsettling More Synonyms of disruptive
2. adjective
Disruptive technology involves completely new methods that change the way something such as a market or a type of device works.
One example of disruptive technology is 3-D printing.
disruptive in British English
(dɪsˈrʌptɪv)
adjective
involving, causing, or tending to cause disruption
Derived forms
disruptively (disˈruptively)
adverb
disruptive in American English
(dɪsˈrʌptɪv; ˈdɪsˈrʌptɪv)
adjective
1.
causing disruption
2.
produced by disruption
Derived forms
disruptively (disˈruptively)
adverb
Examples of 'disruptive' in a sentence
disruptive
New technology is disruptive, but it succeeds only by meeting the needs and desires of humanity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He focuses on companies that are benefiting from structural change, possess a disruptive technology or a desirable innovation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We talk a lot today about disruptive new technology arriving in our lives, but few technologies were as disruptive as the train.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Monarch said:'We take a zero tolerance approach to disruptive behaviour on all our flights.
The Sun (2016)
Their action begins a disruptive process that adds organisational turbulence to existing uncertainty.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The only way that would change is if he becomes a disruptive influence.
The Sun (2011)
And the wind has long been blamed for disruptive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Teachers trained in the correct procedures are on hand to remove disruptive pupils.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The success of the headhunters has in some ways been disruptive for the industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But these opportunities are few and far between unless you are spawning a truly disruptive innovation.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
The next big disruptive technology will transform commuting and save billions of working hours a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet these disruptive changes could be eased into place without dramas.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Senior staff will always be on hand to deal with disruptive pupils.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Being disruptive is his way of showing his fear.
The Sun (2011)
And that ignorance is being exploited by the reactionary opponents of this disruptive and lifesaving innovation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It will be riding a crest of disruptive technological change.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Head teachers are to have more power to exclude disruptive pupils.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The doctrine of the just price was intended as a curb on such acquisitive and socially disruptive behavior.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
It led to disruptive behaviour and he lived with six different foster families after being taken into care.
The Sun (2010)
But a bird that has a proven disruptive influence on wild grouse exists uneasily with raising large bags of grouse for sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Technology is disruptive, so we have to look to the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Those problems include disruptive behaviour and attendance that at one point was down to 50%.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He admits he was as disruptive an influence in class as he can be on live TV.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
disruptive
British English: disruptive ADJECTIVE
To be disruptive means to prevent something from continuing or operating in a normal way.
...a government initiative to combat disruptive behaviour in the classroom .
American English: disruptive
Brazilian Portuguese: perturbador
Chinese: 妨碍的
European Spanish: perjudicial
French: perturbateur
German: störend
Italian: turbolentoadj
Japanese: 混乱を招く
Korean: 파괴적인
European Portuguese: perturbador
Latin American Spanish: perjudicial
All related terms of 'disruptive'
disruptive action
action performed by protestors, workers , etc that causes the disruption of a service
disruptive pupil
The pupils of a school are the children who go to it.
disruptive behaviour
People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave . You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour .
disruptive discharge
a sudden large increase in current through an insulating medium resulting from failure of the medium to withstand an applied electric field
disruptive technology
A disruptive technology is a new technology, such as computers and the Internet , which has a rapid and major effect on technologies that existed before.
(adjective)
violent, disruptive behaviour
Synonyms
disturbing
There are disturbing reports of severe weather conditions.
upsetting
disorderly
disorderly conduct
unsettling
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect.
troublesome
Troublesome pets can be difficult to take care of.
unruly
It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.
obstreperous
an awkward and obstreperous customer
troublemaking
Opposites
cooperative
,
obedient
,
compliant
,
well-behaved
,
docile
,
biddable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of disorderly
Definition
uncontrolled
disorderly conduct
Synonyms
unruly,
disruptive,
rowdy,
turbulent,
unlawful,
stormy,
rebellious,
boisterous,
tumultuous,
lawless,
riotous,
unmanageable,
ungovernable,
refractory,
obstreperous,
indisciplined
in the sense of obstreperous
Definition
noisy and difficult to control
an awkward and obstreperous customer
Synonyms
unruly,
disorderly,
wild,
rough,
loud,
noisy,
out of control,
turbulent,
rampaging,
out of hand,
wayward,
rowdy,
raucous,
uncontrollable,
uncontrolled,
boisterous,
wilful,
lawless,
vociferous,
fractious,
riotous,
tempestuous,
unmanageable,
undisciplined,
stroppy (British, slang),
rip-roaring (informal),
mutinous,
ungovernable,
uproarious,
clamorous,
rambunctious (informal),
rackety,
insubordinate,
roistering,
roisterous
in the sense of troublesome
Definition
causing trouble
Troublesome pets can be difficult to take care of.