off-key (Meaning)

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off-key (s)

inaccurate in pitch

The singer's voice was so off-key that it made the audience cringe.
I tried to join in with the choir, but my voice was so off-key that everyone laughed.
The piano tuner couldn't seem to get the keys off-key no matter how hard he tried.
The karaoke machine was malfunctioning and made every singer sound off-key.
The band's performance was ruined when the guitarist went off-key during the solo.
The audience booed when the opera singer hit a particularly off-key note.
The music teacher glared at the student who was singing off-key.
The melody of the song was beautiful, but the backing vocals were slightly off-key.
The choir director scolded the soprano for going off-key during the performance.
Despite the off-key singing, the band managed to put on an entertaining show.

inaccurate in pitch

disagreeable, unpleasant,tuneless, atonal, jarring, noisy, squeaky, dissonant, unpleasing, blaring

musical, melodic, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, mellow, melodic, resonant, sweet, melodious

The singer's voice was so off-key that it made the audience cringe.

I tried to join in with the choir, but my voice was so off-key that everyone laughed.

The piano tuner couldn't seem to get the keys off-key no matter how hard he tried.

The karaoke machine was malfunctioning and made every singer sound off-key.