Usually means: Not in correct musical pitch.
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  1. off-key: Merriam-Webster
  2. off-key: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. off-key: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. off-key: Collins English Dictionary
  5. off-key: Vocabulary.com
  6. off-key: Wordnik
  7. off-key: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. off-key: Wiktionary
  9. off-key: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. off-key: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. off-key: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. off-key: Dictionary.com
  13. off-key: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. off-key: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Off-key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. off-key: Rhymezone
  17. off-key: FreeDictionary.org
  18. off-key: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. off-key: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. off-key: Encyclopedia

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  1. off-key: Idioms

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adjective:  (music) Above or below the correct note sequence; especially a vocalist out of sync with a separately recorded musical acccompaniment
adjective:  (by extension) Not harmonious, or out of accord.
adverb:  An inaccurate note sequence that is either above or below where it is intended to be.

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