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comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive
Causing disruption or unrest. examples
(business) Causing major change, as in a market. quotations examples
Each time a disruptive technology emerged, between one-half and two-thirds of the established manufacturers failed to introduce models employing the new architecture—in stark contrast to their timely launches of critical sustaining technologies.
1995 January–February, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton M. Christensen, “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave”, in Harvard Business Review
[…] companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.
2005, Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide, page 222