out of order

prepositional phrase5

1. •
   Out of normal sequence.

   • You've got my index cards out of order again.
2. •
   Not functioning properly; not in working order.

   • The lift is always out of order.
3. •
   Inappropriate or unsuitable.

   • I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order.
4. •
   Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
5. •
   untidy