The meaning of DISRUPTIVE is disrupting or tending to disrupt some process, activity, condition, etc. : causing or tending to cause disruption. How to use disruptive in a sentence.

Replacing and exchanging (Definition of disruptive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Disruptive definition: causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting.. See examples of DISRUPTIVE used in a sentence.

1. Relating to, causing, or produced by disruption. 2. Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model: …

To be disruptive means to prevent something from continuing or operating in a normal way. There are many ways children's disruptive behaviour can be managed. The process of implementing …

Definition of disruptive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. causing problems, noise, etc. so that something cannot continue normally. She had a disruptive …

1 day ago · disruptive (comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive) Causing disruption or unrest.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 dis•rup•tive (dis rup′ tiv), adj. causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive …

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