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off-key adjective [ ɒfˈkiː ]

• (of music or singing) not having the correct tone or pitch; out of tune.
• "an off-key version of the hymn began"
Similar: out of tune, flat, tuneless, unmusical, unmelodic, discordant, dissonant, unharmonious,
Opposite: in tune,

off-key adverb

• with incorrect tone or pitch.
• "he ruined a dream duet by singing off-key"

out of key

• not with correct pitch; out of tune.
• "my guitar was out of key"


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