disruptive

«disruptive» in Mova's school dictionary: Causing trouble so that something cannot go on normally:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (disruptive, more disruptive, most disruptive)

meaning for a pupil

1) Causing trouble so that something cannot go on normally: disruptive behaviour in class. tree →

2) Changing the usual way things are done in a big way, like a new invention that changes a whole business (disruptive technology). tree →

sense in the lessons

At school a «disruptive» pupil stops others from learning; in news, storms or strikes are disruptive to travel; in business, a disruptive idea changes everything. Phrases: «disruptive behaviour», «be disruptive to», «highly disruptive».

examples

• The teacher moved the disruptive boy to the front. tree →
• The roadworks were very disruptive to the traffic. tree →
• Talking loudly in the library is disruptive. tree →
• Snow was disruptive to the trains all week. tree →
• Phones changed the world as a disruptive technology. tree →
• Please don't be disruptive during the play. tree →

note

From the verb «disrupt» (break into or stop something). Noun: disruption. Opposite: calm, orderly, well-behaved. Spelling: dis-rupt-ive.

In the corpora

• "Lively" on a school report often means disruptive or hyperactive.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disruptive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.