disruptive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

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