nondisruptive
adjective
non·dis·rup·tive
ˌnän-dis-ˈrəp-tiv 
: not causing or tending to cause disruption : not disruptive
nondisruptive behavior/protests
children engaged in quiet, nondisruptive play
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This policy represses peaceful, nondisruptive protest of police violence against unarmed African-Americans and other people of color.
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Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2018
Nonviolent, nondisruptive protests are crucial to American civic life, and conspiracy and action-in-concert lawsuits cannot suppress protesters’ right of free expression.
—Jay Weiser, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
A 1962 Supreme Court ruling requires public schools to permit only voluntary, silent and nondisruptive prayer — the genesis of at least 34 states' creation of one minute of silence at the beginning of a school day.
—Robert King, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
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Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2018
Nonviolent, nondisruptive protests are crucial to American civic life, and conspiracy and action-in-concert lawsuits cannot suppress protesters’ right of free expression.
—Jay Weiser, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
A 1962 Supreme Court ruling requires public schools to permit only voluntary, silent and nondisruptive prayer — the genesis of at least 34 states' creation of one minute of silence at the beginning of a school day.
—Robert King, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
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“Nondisruptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nondisruptive. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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