out-of-service
See also: out of service
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
out-of-service (not comparable)
- Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable.
- 2005, "Talk of the Town: Elevator Hack," The New Yorker, 17 Oct.,
- No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping.
- 2005, "Talk of the Town: Elevator Hack," The New Yorker, 17 Oct.,
Usage notes
- Used especially for telephone numbers and methods of public transportation, such as elevators, buses, or taxis.
- The hyphenated spelling "out-of-service" is used when this adjective immediately precedes the noun it modifies.