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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