disruption
n. C / Un. a situation where something is stopped from continuing in its normal way. It often causes problems or delays for people.
n. a disturbance that interrupts an event, activity, or process. Often used in business contexts to describe innovations that fundamentally alter market structures.
The heavy snow caused a major disruption to train services.
The sudden change in leadership caused significant disruption to the company's daily operations and long-term planning.
Technological disruption in the publishing industry has forced traditional media outlets to reconsider their subscription models in order to remain competitive in a digital-first landscape.
From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere. By surface analysis, disrupt + -ion.
Uncountable when referring to the general state of being interrupted; countable when referring to a specific instance or event.