out of order
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Not functioning properly; not in working order.
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Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
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Example Sentences
- "You've got my index cards out of order again."
- "The lift is always out of order."
- "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."
- "I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order."
- "Architas Tarentinus returning from a war, where he had beene Captaine generall, found his house all out of order, husbandrie all spoiled, and by the ill government of his Bailife, his ground all waste and unmanured […]."
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Antonyms
in order
in commission
all right
copacetic
functional
in service
in use
in working order
running like a top