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off-key
[awf-kee, of-]
adjective
deviating from the correct tone or pitch; out of tune.
Informal.somewhat irregular, abnormal, or incongruous.
off key
adjective
music
not in the correct key
out of tune
out of keeping; discordant
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of off-key1
Example Sentences
Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.
These songs look and feel like old-Hollywood-style musical numbers, but charm because of their imperfections; characters sing off-key, they lose their breath and their voices crack.
That moment when Jake sings an off-key version of “...Baby One More Time” is “burned into my frontal cortex,” he says.
And as for all those off-key notes, “Neither Arthur nor Lee are professional singers, and they shouldn’t sound like they are,” Gaga told Vogue.
"In a new country I would often find myself 'off-key'," he said.
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