disruptive

disrupt +‎ -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/, /dɪzˈɹʌptɪv/, /dɪzˈɹʊptɪv/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/
• Hyphenation: dis‧rup‧tive

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.

   disruptive technologies

   • 1995 January–February, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton M. Christensen, “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave”, in Harvard Business Review‎:

     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.

   • 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.

• non-disruptive, nondisruptive

• disruptive innovation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• disruptive selection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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disruptive

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