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off-key

[of music or singing] off pitch; out of tune. She always sings off-key and makes the rest of the choir sound like baying hounds.

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South African rugby fans' anger mounted Monday at an off-key reggae singer who "butchered" their national anthem before the Springboks' Test match defeat to France at the weekend. SA rugby fans' anger grows at 'butchered' anthem by AFP / AFP Global Edition Byline: Pat Flanagan CHARLIE Bird hit a bit of a bum note last weekend with an off-key story about the lack of pianos in Cuba. Charlie trip is off-key by The Mirror (London, England) The 22-year-old Russian continued her dream run at Roland Garros by booking her place in her first ever grand slam final with a 6-3 6-2 victory over an off-key Svetlana Kuznetsova. Lawn Tennis: sport ROUND-UP - Russian in final by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			off the bat off the beaten path off the beaten track off the books off the charts off the cuff off the face of the earth off the hook off the mark off the peg off the rack off the record off the shelf off the subject off the top of head off the track off the wagon off the wall off to a flying start off to a running start off to one side off to the races off to the side off topic off-colour off-key off-line off-the-cuff off-the-wall offend offend against offend with offense offer offer for offer one cannot refuse offer to offer up office officiate often ogle Oh, boy oh, sure Oh, ye of little faith Oh, yeah? oil oil the wheels oink out ointment okay			Off-Floor Orders off-focus off-focus radiation Off-Frequency Decoupling Resonance Off-Gas Off-Gas System off-gassing off-glide off-glides off-grid off-guard off-hand Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Off-Highway Motorized Vehicle Recreation Off-Highway Plant and Equipment Research Centre off-highway truck off-highway vehicle Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Off-hook Off-Hook Delay off-hook service Off-Hook Voice Announce off-hour off-hours off-key off-kilter off-label off-label Off-label application Off-label use Off-label use Off-label use Off-label use of dextromethorphan off-ladder Off-Lake Off-Lakes Off-Leash Recreation Area off-level grid off-licence off-licences Off-license off-limits off-limits off-line off-line off-line off-line Off-line Aircraft Management Program Off-line Analysis off-line cipher off-line computer Off-Line Entry off-line equipment off-line equipment Off-Line eXpress

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