Disruptive
adjective
Causing problems and preventing something from continuing in its usual way.
His disruptive behaviour in class was distracting the other students.
Often appears as...
- disruptive behaviour
- disruptive influence
adjective
Changing the traditional way that an industry operates, especially in a new and effective way.
Disruptive technologies like the Internet have revolutionized the business world.
Often appears as...
- disruptive innovation
- disruptive startup
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Technical
adjective
Causing problems and preventing something from continuing in its usual way.
His disruptive behaviour in class was distracting the other students.
Often appears as...
- disruptive behaviour
- disruptive influence
adjective
Changing the traditional way that an industry operates, especially in a new and effective way.
Disruptive technologies like the Internet have revolutionized the business world.
Often appears as...
- disruptive innovation
- disruptive startup
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Classroom Context
Used to describe behavior that interrupts learning, like talking or passing notes.
She was sent out for being disruptive during the lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies negative judgment and annoyance due to interruption or disturbance.
His loud ringtone was quite disruptive during the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Intentional
Disruptive behavior may not always be deliberate, but it still causes distractions.
Her frequent coughing was unintentionally disruptive to the class.
Pro Tip 1/3Classroom Context
Used to describe behavior that interrupts learning, like talking or passing notes.
She was sent out for being disruptive during the lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies negative judgment and annoyance due to interruption or disturbance.
His loud ringtone was quite disruptive during the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Intentional
Disruptive behavior may not always be deliberate, but it still causes distractions.
Her frequent coughing was unintentionally disruptive to the class.
Pro Tip 1/3Classroom Context
Used to describe behavior that interrupts learning, like talking or passing notes.
She was sent out for being disruptive during the lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies negative judgment and annoyance due to interruption or disturbance.
His loud ringtone was quite disruptive during the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Intentional
Disruptive behavior may not always be deliberate, but it still causes distractions.
Her frequent coughing was unintentionally disruptive to the class.
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Double the Lion Prides –...
meant for camouflage so that's striping even just the odd pattern we saw before but the striping pattern on the side is - it's called a disruptive marking it's to break up the body shade of body shape of the animal so when they get nervous or something they'll sort of freeze behind a bush and that's supposed to help and then also when they run off
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Why don't oil and water...
their size is really disruptive to the dance and the random exchange of partners that the waters engage in, a very important part of the dance. In addition, they are not great dancers. The water molecules try to engage the oil molecules in the dance, but they just keep bumping into their dresses
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
to look outside yourself and think critically, fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction,
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How we'll earn money in...
They're solving problems, and most importantly, they're learning. In fact, if there's one technology that is truly central to this and has really become the driving force behind this, it's machine learning, which is just becoming this incredibly powerful, disruptive, scalable technology.
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Climate Change Is...
So if we think about an extreme weather event that might happen in some part of the world, and if that happens in a part of the world where there is good infrastructure, where there are people that are well-insured and so on, then that impact can be disruptive.
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What coronavirus means...
or do you fight over wealth, and so on. And so when you look at history, that's what revolutions are in their various ways. And there's always a revolution in one of these. Sometimes those are peaceful revolutions and sometimes they are disruptive.
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The building of...
cupola also houses leading-edge 15th century technology which like other major disruptive technology throughout like the internet and the printing press would have an influence on how history would unfold Brunelleschi was friends
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The mind behind Tesla,...
Definitely more expensive. So that's potentially absolutely disruptive technology, and, I guess, paves the way for your dream to actually take, at some point, to take humanity to Mars at scale. You'd like to see a colony on Mars.
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Wild Puma Plays like a...
have no lights on just sitting here in the dark so it's not disruptive at all i think i'm really gonna see exactly what he wants to get up to with his kill but for now he's just having a snooze
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Your kids might live on...
There will be software companies, there will be hotels, there will be bars. This much is it will be the most disruptive event in our lifetimes, and I think it will be the most inspiring.
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Double the Lion Prides –...
meant for camouflage so that's striping even just the odd pattern we saw before but the striping pattern on the side is - it's called a disruptive marking it's to break up the body shade of body shape of the animal so when they get nervous or something they'll sort of freeze behind a bush and that's supposed to help and then also when they run off
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
their size is really disruptive to the dance and the random exchange of partners that the waters engage in, a very important part of the dance. In addition, they are not great dancers. The water molecules try to engage the oil molecules in the dance, but they just keep bumping into their dresses
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
to look outside yourself and think critically, fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction,
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
They're solving problems, and most importantly, they're learning. In fact, if there's one technology that is truly central to this and has really become the driving force behind this, it's machine learning, which is just becoming this incredibly powerful, disruptive, scalable technology.
Video examples
Climate Change Is...
So if we think about an extreme weather event that might happen in some part of the world, and if that happens in a part of the world where there is good infrastructure, where there are people that are well-insured and so on, then that impact can be disruptive.
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
or do you fight over wealth, and so on. And so when you look at history, that's what revolutions are in their various ways. And there's always a revolution in one of these. Sometimes those are peaceful revolutions and sometimes they are disruptive.
Video examples
The building of...
cupola also houses leading-edge 15th century technology which like other major disruptive technology throughout like the internet and the printing press would have an influence on how history would unfold Brunelleschi was friends
Video examples
The mind behind Tesla,...
Definitely more expensive. So that's potentially absolutely disruptive technology, and, I guess, paves the way for your dream to actually take, at some point, to take humanity to Mars at scale. You'd like to see a colony on Mars.
Video examples
Wild Puma Plays like a...
have no lights on just sitting here in the dark so it's not disruptive at all i think i'm really gonna see exactly what he wants to get up to with his kill but for now he's just having a snooze
Video examples
Your kids might live on...
There will be software companies, there will be hotels, there will be bars. This much is it will be the most disruptive event in our lifetimes, and I think it will be the most inspiring.
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Robert J. Shiller
American Economist
A moderate tax on robots, even a temporary tax that merely slows the adoption of disruptive technology, seems a natural component of a policy to address rising inequality. Revenue could be targeted toward wage insurance, to help people replaced by new technology make the transition to a different career.
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Iain McGilchrist
British Writer
Being uprooted from your own culture, provided you take with you the way of thinking and being that characterises the more integrated social culture from which you come, is not as disruptive to happiness and well-being as becoming part of a relatively fragmented culture.
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Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able to raise that funding, I was met with droves of people offering to help me fulfill my dreams.
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
Sometimes I loved the disruptive student in class who livened up lectures with wisecracks - it put a spin on things, added flavor, made me laugh. Other times, I wished the heckler would just shut up so I could learn something.
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James Milner
English Athlete
I don't think I'd like to be that guy who does disrupt training. I always feel the team comes first, and that's the way it is, and me being a disruptive influence, because I'm not playing, doesn't help the team.
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Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
For an emerging market that hopes to be the third largest economy in the world, you cannot do it without being innovative and disruptive. There is no choice in the matter.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.
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Eric Schmidt
American Businessman
Washington is an incumbent protection machine. Technology is fundamentally disruptive.
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Masayoshi Son
Japanese Businessman
Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.
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Robert J. Shiller
American Economist
A moderate tax on robots, even a temporary tax that merely slows the adoption of disruptive technology, seems a natural component of a policy to address rising inequality. Revenue could be targeted toward wage insurance, to help people replaced by new technology make the transition to a different career.
Quote examples
Iain McGilchrist
British Writer
Being uprooted from your own culture, provided you take with you the way of thinking and being that characterises the more integrated social culture from which you come, is not as disruptive to happiness and well-being as becoming part of a relatively fragmented culture.
Quote examples
Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able to raise that funding, I was met with droves of people offering to help me fulfill my dreams.
Quote examples
Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
Sometimes I loved the disruptive student in class who livened up lectures with wisecracks - it put a spin on things, added flavor, made me laugh. Other times, I wished the heckler would just shut up so I could learn something.
Quote examples
James Milner
English Athlete
I don't think I'd like to be that guy who does disrupt training. I always feel the team comes first, and that's the way it is, and me being a disruptive influence, because I'm not playing, doesn't help the team.
Quote examples
Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
For an emerging market that hopes to be the third largest economy in the world, you cannot do it without being innovative and disruptive. There is no choice in the matter.
Quote examples
John T. Chambers
American Businessman
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important.
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.
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Eric Schmidt
American Businessman
Washington is an incumbent protection machine. Technology is fundamentally disruptive.
Quote examples
Masayoshi Son
Japanese Businessman
Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.
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