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off-key

[ awf-kee, of- ]

adjective

  1. deviating from the correct tone or pitch; out of tune.
  2. Informal. somewhat irregular, abnormal, or incongruous.


off key

adjective

  1. music
    1. not in the correct key
    2. out of tune
  2. out of keeping; discordant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of off-key1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.

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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.

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That moment when Jake sings an off-key version of “...Baby One More Time†is “burned into my frontal cortex,†he says.

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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.

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"In a new country I would often find myself 'off-key'," he said.

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