disrupted
Disrupted means when something or someone was suddenly stopped from continuing as planned.
Imagine you were driving to work on time every day, but then one day the traffic lights broke down and caused a huge jam – your daily routine got disrupted. You couldn't get to work on schedule because of the unexpected problem.
In everyday life, people often talk about disruptions in their schedules, like when they miss a flight or have a meeting canceled at the last minute. Disruptions can be big things like natural disasters or small things like a computer crashing. But no matter what caused it, being disrupted usually means you had to change your plans and figure out something new on short notice.
How common is "disrupted"?
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
verb
To throw into confusion or disorder.
Example: Hecklers disrupted the man's speech.
adjective
Subject to disruption.
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