Out-of-service

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable. not-comparable

    "No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping."

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badborkedbrokenbroken-downbungbusted

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"No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping."

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