disruptive

English

Etymology

disrupt +‎ -ive

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/, /dɪzˈɹʌptɪv/, /dɪzˈɹʊptɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/
  • Hyphenation: dis‧rup‧tive

Adjective

disruptive (comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive)

  1. Causing disruption or unrest.
    Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
  2. (business) Causing major change, as in a market.
    • 2005, Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide, page 222:
      […] companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.

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German

Adjective

disruptive

  1. inflection of disruptiv:
    1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative and accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular
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