disruptive

[ dis-ruhp-tiv ]

/ dɪsˈrʌp tɪv /

causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.

Business.

relating to or noting a new product, service, or idea that radically changes an industry or business strategy, especially by creating a new market and disrupting an existing one: disruptive innovations such as the cell phone and the two-year community college.
relating to or noting a business executive or company that introduces or is receptive to such innovation: disruptive CEOs with imagination and vision.

Origin of disruptive

First recorded in 1835–45; disrupt + -ive

dis·rup·tive·ly, adverb dis·rup·tive·ness, noun non·dis·rup·tive, adjective

One of the most disruptive forces to the market in recent years is DISH.

New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You Go | |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Uber and Airbnb—the most successful services of their kind—are “disruptive” innovations.

Inside Uber’s Political War Machine |Olivia Nuzzi |June 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So she made changes that have transformed the Times online; is that what her critics mean when they allege she was disruptive?

The Hypocrisy Behind The New York Times’s Abrupt Decapitation of Jill Abramson |Robert Shrum |May 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cable news could be great conversation if it were willing to be disruptive.

Elizabeth Wurtzel: My Tea Party Mom Loves Al Jazeera America |Elizabeth Wurtzel |September 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But the track record of disruptive owners in Japan is pretty dismal.

Japan’s Fiscal Crossroads: Will Abenomics Mean Tougher Changes? |Daniel Gross |July 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The strange speech—strange blossom of her disruptive emotion—ended a little short; but that it ended was the principal thing.

Angela's Business |Henry Sydnor Harrison
Curiously enough, children seem to act both against and in favor of these disruptive factors.

The Intelligence of Woman |W. L. George
In a transparent dielectric the conduction must be either electrolytic or disruptive, otherwise light vibrations would be damped.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 |Various
This sudden discharge is said to be disruptive, and it is accompanied by a flash of light and a loud report.

Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity |Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
Between Miss Flower's and the park, Charles had been briefly unnerved by a disruptive thought.

Angela's Business |Henry Sydnor Harrison

disruptive

/ (dɪsˈrʌptɪv) /

involving, causing, or tending to cause disruption

disruptively, adverb