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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

out of commission en · ADP

Meanings

  1. Not operational; not functioning properly.
    • A traffic light was out of commission, leaving motorists to sort their way through an occasionally busy intersection. 2008 July 2, Scot Lehigh, “Making (no) sense of police details”, in Boston Globe:
    • At the same time, the valves, pistons, motion and brakegear plus ancillary equipment is overhauled, putting the locomotive out of commission for about 26 to 30 days. 1962 June, “Diesel economy analysed—a postscript”, in Modern Railways, page 422:
    • One pair of handcuffs will put both hands out of commission. 1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “At the Table Next”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 200:

Synonyms

out of order · broken · out of service