Meanings
- idiomaticNot functioning properly; not in working order.
The lift is always out of order.
1 more example
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.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBNSynonyms: out of commission · Antonyms: in commission
- idiomaticInappropriate or unsuitable.
I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order.
Synonyms: out of line
- Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
- untidy
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 […].
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Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseOut of normal sequence.
prepositional phraseNot functioning properly; not in working order.
prepositional phraseInappropriate or unsuitable.
Translations
Arabic مُعَطَّل
- مُعَطَّل (muʕaṭṭal)not functioning properly
Bulgarian ненареден, разбъркан
- ненареден (nenareden)out of normal sequence
- разбъркан (razbărkan)out of normal sequence
- извън строя (izvăn stroja)not functioning properly
- неизправен (neizpraven)not functioning properly
- повреден (povreden)not functioning properly
- развален (razvalen)not functioning properly
- несъобразен (nesăobrazen)inappropriate or unsuitable
- неуместен (neumesten)inappropriate or unsuitable
Catalan fora de servei
- fora de serveinot functioning properly
Chinese Mandarin 故障
- 故障 (gùzhàng)not functioning properly
Czech mimo provoz
- mimo provoznot functioning properly
Dutch niet op volgorde, buiten bedrijf
- niet op volgordeout of normal sequence
- buiten bedrijfnot functioning properly
- buiten werkingnot functioning properly
- ongepastinappropriate or unsuitable
Esperanto nefunkcianta, nefunkciantaj
- nefunkciantanot functioning properly
- nefunkciantajnot functioning properly
Estonian korrast ära
- korrast äranot functioning properly
Finnish epäjärjestyksessä, rikki
- epäjärjestyksessäout of normal sequence
- rikkinot functioning properly
- epäkunnossanot functioning properly
- sopimatoninappropriate or unsuitable
- tahditoninappropriate or unsuitable
French déclassé, hors-service
- déclasséout of normal sequence
- hors-servicenot functioning properly
- en pannenot functioning properly
German durcheinander, nicht in der richtigen Reihenfolge
- durcheinanderout of normal sequence
- nicht in der richtigen Reihenfolgeout of normal sequence
- außer Betriebnot functioning properly
- kaputtnot functioning properly
- unpassendinappropriate or unsuitable
- danebeninappropriate or unsuitable
- neben der Spurinappropriate or unsuitable
Greek εκτός λειτουργίας, χαλασμένος
- εκτός λειτουργίας (ektós leitourgías)not functioning properly
- χαλασμένος (chalasménos)not functioning properly
Hebrew לא במקום
- לא במקוםinappropriate or unsuitable
Hungarian üzemen kívül, nem működik
- üzemen kívülnot functioning properly
- nem működiknot functioning properly
- nem üzemelnot functioning properly
Italian guasto, fuori servizio
- guastonot functioning properly
- fuori servizionot functioning properly
Malay rosak
- rosaknot functioning properly
Māori tīpaopao
- tīpaopaoout of normal sequence
Norwegian Bokmål i uorden, i ustand
- i uordennot functioning properly
- i ustandnot functioning properly
- kaputtnot functioning properly
Polish w niewłaściwej kolejności, nieczynny
- w niewłaściwej kolejnościout of normal sequence
- nieczynnynot functioning properly
- niesprawnynot functioning properly
- niewłaściwyinappropriate or unsuitable
- nieodpowiedniinappropriate or unsuitable
Russian неиспра́вный, нерабо́тающий
- неиспра́вный (neisprávnyj)not functioning properly
- нерабо́тающий (nerabótajuščij)not functioning properly
- сло́манный (slómannyj)not functioning properly
Spanish fuera de servicio
- fuera de servicionot functioning properly
Tagalog wala sa tikma
- wala sa tikmainappropriate or unsuitable
Thai เสีย
- เสีย (sǐia)not functioning properly
Turkish bozuk, kullanılamaz durumda
- bozuknot functioning properly
- kullanılamaz durumdanot functioning properly
Vietnamese hỏng hóc
- hỏng hócnot functioning properly
Welsh wedi torri
- wedi torrinot functioning properly
Cite this entry
out of order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20order
“out of order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20order. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of order,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20order.
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