All out of commission synonyms
out of com·mis·sion
O o adj out of commission
- halter — Archaic. lameness; a limp.
- low key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- gimp — a limp.
- incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
- gimper — slender; trim; delicate.
- housebound — restricted to the house, as by bad weather or illness.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- impuissant — lacking strength; feeble; weak.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
- defunct — If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
- kerflooey — Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.
- mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- disrepair — the condition of needing repair; an impaired or neglected state.
- crippled — physically incapacitated
adverb out of commission
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- kaput — ruined; done for; demolished.
- faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.