off-key

adj, adv — 3 senses

off-key

adj

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Above or below the correct note sequence; especially a vocalist out of sync with a separately recorded musical accompaniment

Broadly Not harmonious, or out of accord.

off-key

adv

Being an inaccurate note sequence that is either above or below where it is intended to be.

The way your smile just beams / The way you sing off-key / The way you haunt my dreams / No, no—they can't take that away from me1937, “They Can't Take That Away from Me”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music):

Related terms: offkey

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