Disruptive Meaning
/dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCausing disruption or unrest.
adjCausing major change, as in a market.
Sentence Examples
The disruptive student was sent to the principal.
This technology could be disruptive to the industry.
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Word Origin & History
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"[…] companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change."
— 2005, Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide, page 222:
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The ____ student kept talking loudly during the entire lecture.