disruptive
dis·rup·tive
adjective
1.
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”
Origin
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.
Phrases
- disruptive selection
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