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Definitions for off-key

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

off′-key′(adj.)

  1. deviating from the correct tone or pitch; out of tune.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. somewhat irregular, abnormal, or incongruous.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of off-key:

1925–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. false, off-key, sour(adj)

    inaccurate in pitch

    "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

Wiktionary

  1. off-key(Adjective)

    pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note

  2. off-key(Adjective)

    not harmonious, or out of accord

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