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disruptive

[dis-ruhp-tiv]

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adjective

causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.

Origin:
1835–45; disrupt + -ive

Related forms

dis·rup·tive·ly, adverb

dis·rup·tive·ness, noun

non·dis·rup·tive, adjective

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Keenan with ingenuous clarity, and atmospheric, disruptive sounds.

By then, word had already reached the organizers of the event that a group was planning a disruptive protest.

Their campaign has been largely peaceful, but disruptive.

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Keenan with ingenuous clarity, and atmospheric, disruptive sounds.

By then, word had already reached the organizers of the event that a group was planning a disruptive protest.

Their campaign has been largely peaceful, but disruptive.

And some are beginning to construct fences across grazing lands, which may prove disruptive to wildlife.

Eventually even localized tumors produce significant disruptive tissue damage.

But as disruptive as the app stores are, they may not exist in five years, thanks to the next item on our list.

Besides, at some point, your disruptive office mate has to stop talking and listen to reason.

First, higher education once in a great while is hit with a truly disruptive innovation.

The disruptive reforms that have so changed the private sector should now be let loose on the public sector.

Dams are extremely disruptive to the surrounding landscape, but are a tried-and-true method of reducing downstream flooding.

Three is something they call confining-anticipating and recognizing disruptive environmental change to quickly manage it.

Then the bubble burst, with hugely disruptive consequences.

Examples of how disruptive innovation can be survived do exist.

Television has domesticated other disruptive technologies.

There are quite a lot of valves and things that go on and off all the time in the station, so it can be quite disruptive.

Although some regions may benefit for a time, overall the alterations are expected to be disruptive or even severe.

Whatever makes a good school, learning is impossible where behavior is disruptive.

But any savings realized in these administrative matters also aren't nearly as disruptive.

The subtler variants of protection may be similarly disruptive.

And because of their sudden, disruptive nature, they also tend to have significant social impacts.

Shifting to renewable energy will be costly and disruptive.

Rivierafrank notes that placing a liner in a water mains is not disruptive.

The judging for this award will focus mainly on the disruptive potential of the technology and less on the idea's maturity.

By opposing the motion, you have not necessarily argued that disruptive innovation is the superior of the two.

Whether they be good or evil, something so foreign would have a highly disruptive influence on our development as a species.

Upgrading lines is disruptive and expensive, so constructing a new one appears sensible.

Which in turn taught me that my disruptive behavior came at a price and was not with out consequence.

The pre-Olympic measures were costly, disruptive and unlikely to be implemented elsewhere.

To claim that we'll have to adapt inevitably implies that climate change will be disruptive to humanity.

The attackers have shown their disruptive potential.

But the global economy has suffered one disruptive shock after another.

In an age of disruptive innovation, ideas are currency.

Rapid and disruptive change is now happening across new and old businesses.

Two studies could change the way teachers and parents understand children who are disruptive or withdrawn.

My point here is that these two students may not realize they're being disruptive.

How disruptive and painful this is is in direct proportion to our ability to start limiting our population responsibly.

Behavioral intervention teams can help by determining the best way to reach out to a disruptive student.

The new studies don't allow for prediction of solar flares and other disruptive explosions from the sun, the researchers caution.

Averting the disruptive extremes of boom and bust can help bring about long-term growth.

It may be useful to provide a disruptive condition to a person not aware of the technology.

Spotting the next disruptive technology, understanding the future and expecting less from insurance.

He was reacting to a disruptive student who was making fun of him by yawning loudly and had been doing it on a regular basis.

Japan's old-guard businesses think this would be unnecessarily disruptive.

For one, it's been disruptive for longtime residents, who have seen their rents and property taxes skyrocket.

Sodium, fat, and sugar have addictive properties that are highly stimulating and disruptive to neurological development.

But experts who monitored the disruptive traffic say the attack was relatively modest in size.

Refinishing a hardwood floor is dirty and disruptive work.

People are sent there not on the basis of their crimes, but because they are disruptive or dangerous.

The study was not designed to explain why time in day care could lead to more disruptive behavior later.

People that are habitually late and disruptive in groups are not desirable.

But, though desirable, such wholesale reform to an entrenched system may well be too disruptive in a young democracy.

The list released yesterday used a broader definition of disruptive cases than was used previously.

Sometimes the interruption can be productive, sometimes it's disruptive and annoying.

The bicycle industry has faced its share of disruptive technologies, and it has repeatedly risen from the ashes.

Introducing a disruptive technology requires a major player to take a huge risk in adopting it.

Simmons and his proposals were disruptive and intended to benefit only himself.

Residents can mute disruptive behaviors and use a built-in abuse-reporting tool.

And the potential for even more disruptive environmental crises is great:.

Loughner was suspended following the five disruptive incidents reported to campus police.

In that context, he argued, the sign was not disruptive.

Your posts are becoming incresingly trollish and disruptive.

Alexis became disruptive as the verdict was read, and the judge ordered him removed from the courtroom.

But when these all fail, there's not much else you can do so long as the student isn't being disruptive.

Since the last ice age, nothing has been more disruptive to the planet's ecosystem and its inhabitants than agriculture.

Pataki vetoed to allow for alternative confinement for disruptive mentally ill prisoners.

My friend told her not to come to work anymore until she could get her self together because her behavior was so disruptive.

In fact, the ability to copy music has been deeply disruptive ever since the invention of the gramophone.

There is a difference between poor and disruptive activity.

Naturally, the nanny is terribly upset because the dog is terribly disruptive.

Inghilleri visitation rights now could be disruptive.

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World English Dictionary

disruptive (dɪsˈrʌptɪv)

—*adj*
	involving, causing, or tending to cause disruption

dis'ruptively

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

disruptive

1862, from disrupt + -ive.

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