out of order

== English == === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === out of order (idiomatic) Out of normal sequence. Antonym: in order (idiomatic) Not functioning properly; not in working order. Synonyms: out of commission; see also Thesaurus:out of order Antonym: in commission (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable. Synonym: out of line Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body. untidy , II.31: 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 […]. ==== Translations ==== === See also === in order