out of commission
Currently not operational
Out of commission means not working or unavailable for use.
Equipment that's out of commission is broken or under repair: The elevator is out of commission until next week.
People can be out of commission too—sidelined by illness, injury, or exhaustion: A bad cold put me out of commission for three days.
The phrase comes from naval terminology, where ships were formally placed "in commission" when ready for active service.
- kaputSlang for ruined
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- damagedMade worse by injury
- not workingNonfunctional, needing repair
- disabledMade unable to function
malfunctioning · out of whack · inoperative · nonfunctional · out of order · on the fritz · out of action · incapacitated · hors de combat · mothballed · out of service · offline · shut down · stalled · unusable · inactive · conked out · injured
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
out of commissionoperational
Ready to function
working · in working order · functional · in service · up and running
out of commissionable-bodied
Physically fit, healthy
available · up and about · active · healthy · in the game
commission, commissioner, commissioned, commissioners, commissioning, decommission, commissionaire, recommission, noncommissioned