out of order

See also: out-of-order

English

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Prepositional phrase

out of order

  1. (idiomatic) Out of normal sequence.
    Antonym: in order
    You've got my index cards out of order again.
  2. (idiomatic) Not functioning properly.
    Synonyms: out of commission; see also Thesaurus:out of order
    The lift is always out of order.
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      With the lift in the block still out of order, they climbed the flights and flights of steps. When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.
  3. (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable.
    Synonym: out of line
    I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order.
  4. Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
  5. untidy

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