OUT OF ORDER Definition & Meaning

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out of order

Not functioning well, not operating properly or at all, as in The oil burner is out of order again . [Mid-1500s]
Not following parliamentary procedure, as in The chair called him out of order .
Unsuitable, inappropriate, as in Her comments about the management were out of order . Also see out of line , def. 1.

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They discussed potentially raising the signature threshold for a discharge petition from 218, or setting up a vote to rule this specific discharge petition—or any other to force a vote on a similar bill—out of order.

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Mr Combs's lawyers repeated their claims that the video was "deceptive" and that a visual expert had found that parts of the video were taken out of order, the actions sped up, and timestamps covered up.

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"Mr. Chairman, you are out of order. Have you no decency? I've come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent," Keating said.

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Ms James, who lives alone on the third floor, said the lift had been out of order since Friday afternoon.

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A woman said she has been driven "stir crazy" after being left stuck in her flat for almost a week because of an out of order lift in her building.

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