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off-key
adjective as in not sounding right
Example Sentences
One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.
“Shadow Ticket’s” structure turns the current film adaptation of “Vineland” inside out — that would be “One Battle After Another,” whose thrilling middle more than redeems an only slightly off-key beginning and end.
Stewart and the correspondents then serenaded the president with an off-key tune filled with compliments and praises.
"Socialism is good…" a pensioner warbles into a portable karaoke mic, slightly off-key and drowned out by her friends' chatter.
Amid all of this, responses from the administration were sometimes glaringly off-key.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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