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Not sounding right

Not in accordance with what is appropriate or correct in the circumstances

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

Lacking context or reason

Having a croaky, husky or raspy sound or voice

Tending to be different or develop in different directions

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Not sounding right

“The off-key singing of the congregations at Church and the reels and jigs of the Connecticut fiddle players enchanted him.”

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Not in accordance with what is appropriate or correct in the circumstances

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

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“She croaks, squeaks, howls, and whines her way through the role, nearly always off-key and most horrid.”

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Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

like a fish out of water

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Lacking context or reason

specialised^UK

specialized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

contrary to the rules

flakey^US

flaky^UK

customized^US

customised^UK

previously unencountered

outside one's experience

colourful^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

colorful^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

of particular interest

like nothing on earth

worth taking a look at

of note

the end

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Having a croaky, husky or raspy sound or voice

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Tending to be different or develop in different directions

like chalk and cheese

colorful^US

colourful^UK

diametrically opposed

as like as chalk and cheese

unfavorable^US

like a fish out of water

not capable of comparison

march to a different drummer

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