Definition of "out of order" []

• Not functioning properly. (adjective)
• Inappropriate or unsuitable. (adjective)
• Out of normal sequence. (adjective)

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• "There were files out of order and papers misfiled."
• "He adds: "And so it is with all the organs of the body which act spontaneously; they get out of order and become functionally defective, if, as the result of the attention and self-observation directed towards them, impulses flow to them from the centres of consciousness and will in the same way as they flow to the organs [e.g. the muscles] which are normally under the control of the will.""
• "But Elphy, with the touch of true genius, swept aside these obstacles with unerring precision, and out of order wrought complete chaos."