out-of-service en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable.
No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping.
2005 October 17, “Talk of the Town: Elevator Hack”, in The New Yorker:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| out of service | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
out of gas · out of sorts · FUBAR · inoperative · jiggered · toes up · flaky · fucked · out of commission · fuckered up · bad · faulty · stuffed · out of whack · duff · kaput · screwed up · out of service · malfunctioning · janky · out · tits up · knackered · bung · cactused · munted · broken · tore up · out of order · unfunctional · borked · out of kilter · out of commission · busted · down · off one's feed · crocked · nonfunctional · dead · bum · nonoperational · on the fritz · broken-down · Donald Ducked · on the blink · offline · out-of-order