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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
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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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