Unable to work after leaving the fraternity? (3,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
out of order
'unable' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'to work after leaving the fraternity?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is found in the answer.
'work' could be 'ode' (I've seen this before) and 'ode' is found within the leftover letters.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'our' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for out of order that I've seen before include "Not going" , "unusually arranged" , "Disgraced knight might be told to get this" , "functionality problem?" , "Letters in an anagram are" .)