DISRUPTIVE
disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
(adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; “effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive”; “riotous times”; “these troubled areas”; “the tumultuous years of his administration”; “a turbulent and unruly childhood”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
disruptive (comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive)
Causing disruption or unrest.
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Antonyms
• non-disruptive, nondisruptive
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*rupt"ive, a.
Definition: Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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