out-of-service

== English == === Alternative forms === out of service === Adjective === out-of-service (not comparable) Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable. Synonyms: out of commission, out-of-order; see also Thesaurus:out of order ==== Usage notes ==== Used especially for telephone numbers and methods of public transportation, such as elevators, buses, or taxis. The hyphenated spelling out-of-service is used when this adjective immediately precedes the noun it modifies; predicatively, the open form applies (out of service). ==== Antonyms ==== in service