out of order

out of order
1 the lift's out of order: NOT WORKING, not in working order, not functioning, broken, broken-down, out of service, out of commission, faulty, defective, inoperative; down; informal conked out, bust, (gone) kaput; N. Amer. informal on the fritz, out of whack.
2 Brit. informal that's really out of order: UNACCEPTABLE, unfair, unjust, unjustified, uncalled for, below the belt, unreasonable, unwarranted, beyond the pale; informal not on, a bit much; Brit. informal a bit thick, off, not cricket; Austral./NZ informal over the fence.
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  • out of order — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In the wrong order; not coming after one another in the right way. * /Peter wrote the words of the sentence out of order./ * /Don t get out of order, children. Stay in your places in line./ Contrast: IN ORDER. 2. In poor… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of order — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In the wrong order; not coming after one another in the right way. * /Peter wrote the words of the sentence out of order./ * /Don t get out of order, children. Stay in your places in line./ Contrast: IN ORDER. 2. In poor… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Out of Order — may refer to: Out of Order (novel), a novel by Phoebe Atwood Taylor Out of Order (Nuclear Assault album) Out of Order (Rod Stewart album) Out of Order (TV series), a miniseries starring Eric Stoltz and Felicity Huffman Out of Order (Curious… …   Wikipedia

  • Out of order — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out-of-order — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt ist nicht hinreichend mit Belegen (Literatur, Webseiten oder Einzelnachweisen) versehen. Die fraglichen Angaben werden daher möglicherweise demnächst gelöscht. Hilf Wikipedia, indem du die Angaben recherchierst und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Out of Order (Rod Stewart album) — Out of Order Studio album by Rod Stewart Released 23 May 1988 …   Wikipedia

  • Out of Order (Nuclear Assault album) — Out of Order Studio album by Nuclear Assault Released 1991 (1991) …   Wikipedia

  • Out of Order (TV series) — Out of Order is an American television dramedy series created and written by Donna Powers and Wayne Powers (Deep Blue Sea, The Italian Job), who also directed the first and final episodes. The show lasted one season (six episodes) which aired on… …   Wikipedia

  • Out of Order (novel) — Out of Order   Author(s) Phoebe Atwood Taylor …   Wikipedia

  • Out-of-order execution — (in etwa: Außer der Reihe Ausführung) bezeichnet die Möglichkeit, Befehle in den Ausführungseinheiten eines (meist) superskalaren Prozessors außerhalb der Programmreihenfolge auszuführen, mit dem Ziel, die Pipelines möglichst gut auszulasten.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Out-of-order execution — In computer engineering, out of order execution (OoOE or OOE) is a paradigm used in most high performance microprocessors to make use of instruction cycles that would otherwise be wasted by a certain type of costly delay. In this paradigm, a… …   Wikipedia

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