out of order

Example Sentences

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Nate's behavior is completely out of order, but because Nate has never had a father figure in his life, he doesn't really have a support network.

From Salon

“I wanted to give a sense of a world in which all the same things happen, but out of order,” she wrote in an email.

From New York Times

Ruzhynska's mother, who is 75, was trapped in her 11th-floor apartment because the building's lift was out of order.

From BBC

"I pointed out that this was out of order - they're desecrating a memorial," Mr Day said.

From BBC

This means that the chief executives of Rio's peers and competitors are probably already scrambling to see just how out of order their own houses are, and develop action plans to change their own workplace problems.

From Reuters