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- DictionaryDis·rup·tive/disˈrəptiv/
adjective
- 1. causing or tending to cause disruption: "the hours of work are disruptive to home life" Similar troublemakingtroublesomeunrulyrowdydisorderlyundisciplinedattention-seekingriotouswildturbulentunmanageableuncontrollableout of control/handunrestrainedobstreperoustruculentfractiousdivisivebadly behavedmisbehavingerrantuncooperativerebelliousdisturbingdistractingunsettlingupsettingnoisyraucousformal:refractoryOpposite well behavedmanageable
- ▪ (of a company or form of technology) causing radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative: "breaking a disruptive technology into the market is never easy" Similar innovativeinventiveingeniousoriginalinnovatoryinnovationalnewnovelfreshunconventionalunorthodoxoff-centerunusualunfamiliarunprecedentedavant-gardeexperimentalgroundbreakingpioneeringtrailblazingrevolutionaryradicaladvancednewfangledmodernmodernisticultramodernstate-of-the-artfuturisticrare:new-fashionedneotericOpposite unimaginativeconservative
Derivatives
- 1. disruptively adverb
- 2. disruptiveness noun
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