2 : not following the formal rules of a meeting, court session, etc. ‘The elevator is constantly out of order; nobody has ever tried to fix it.’. He gave me my orders. ‘the elevator was out of order’. Nearby words ofout of order out of one's head out of one's mind out of one's skull out of order out of phase out of place out of plumb All ENGLISH words that begin with 'O' noun 1. a statement of what someone must do; a command. At the last town council meeting, her …

1 : not working properly : not able to be used The elevator's out of order again. More example sentences.

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Define out of order. mainly UK informal. out of order synonyms, out of order pronunciation, out of order translation, English dictionary definition of out of order.

‘The idea of climbing five stories of stairs made his head spin, and the elevator was out of order.’. out of order.

Definition of out of order. 1 (of a device) not working properly or at all.

If something someone says or does is out of order, it is unpleasant or not suitable and it is likely to upset or offend people: His behaviour in the meeting was out of order. 2. an instruction to supply something.