out of order

out of order

See also: out-of-order

English

Prepositional phrase

out of order

1. (idiomatic) Out of normal sequence.

   You've got my index cards out of order again.

2. (idiomatic) Not functioning properly.

   The lift is always out of order.

3. (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable.

   I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order.

Synonyms

• (not functioning properly) out of commission
• (inappropriate) out of line

Translations

not functioning properly

Armenian: փչացած (hy) (pʿčʿacʿac) Chinese: Hakka: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: 故障 (zh) Min Nan: please add this translation if you can Dutch: buiten bedrijf, buiten werking Esperanto: nefunkcianta, nefunkciantaj pl Finnish: rikki (fi), epäkunnossa French: hors-service (fr), en panne (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can

German: außer Betrieb (de), kaputt (de) Greek: εκτός λειτουργίας (ektós leitourgías), χαλασμένος (el) (chalasménos) Hungarian: üzemen kívül (hu), nem működik, nem üzemel Italian: guasto (it) Malay: rosak Polish: nieczynny (pl) m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: неиспра́вный (ru) (neisprávnyj), нерабо́тающий (ru) (nerabótajuščij), сло́манный (ru) (slómannyj) Turkish: bozuk (tr)

inappropriate or unsuitable

Dutch: ongepast (nl) Hebrew: לא במקום‎

Tagalog: wala sa tikma

out of normal sequence

Dutch: niet op volgorde

French: déclassé (fr) m