Out of order

Prepositional phrase

Definitions

1.Prepositional phraseOut of normal sequence.

"You've got my index cards out of order again."

2.Prepositional phraseNot functioning properly; not in working order.

"The lift is always out of order."

3.Prepositional phraseInappropriate or unsuitable.

"I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order."

4.Prepositional phraseNot in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.

5.Prepositional phraseuntidy

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