out of order
• (of a device) not working properly or at all.
• "the elevator was out of order"
Similar:
not working,
not in working order,
not functioning,
broken,
broken-down,
out of service,
out of commission,
acting up,
unserviceable,
faulty,
defective,
non-functional,
inoperative,
in disrepair,
down,
conked out,
bust,
(gone) kaput,
gone phut,
on the blink,
gone haywire,
shot,
knackered,
jiggered,
wonky,
on the fritz,
out of whack,
buggered,
• not in the correct sequence.
• "he recorded the seven pieces out of order"
• not according to the rules of a meeting, legislative assembly, etc.
• "he ruled the objection out of order"
