off-key
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On the love song “Easy,” she sounds creaky and weathered, flittering off-key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He and his comrades were often forced to sing Soviet songs and were punished if they didn't sing "loud enough or sang off-key".
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
After Hegseth gave us his version of news headlines, he performed a brief off-key song and dance before skating out of the room having accomplished little and settling nothing.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
She didn’t seem to mind their off-key voices, although Gregor could feel the muscles in Ares’s neck getting tighter with each verse.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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