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off-key definition

off·-key (ôf′kē′)

adjective

  1. not on the right note; flat or sharp
  2. not quite in accord with what is normal, fitting, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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