Meanings
adjectiveout-of-service (not comparable)
alternative out of service
- not comparableNot working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable.
No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping.
2005 October 17, “Talk of the Town: Elevator Hack”, in The New YorkerSynonyms: out of commission, out-of-order, bad, borked, broken, broken-down, bum, bung
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable.
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