off-note

You never really feel that there's an off-note to it.

Those particular words all rang a little off-note, applied to the situation we were in.

But the flip side of that is, he's really consistent, and I'm not sure he ever sings an off-note.

A sprinkling of peppercorns is an off-note, but otherwise the whole thing ties together beautifully.

If this is all the Bored to Death we get, that was an off-note I’d rather not remember the show by.

Particular questions are repetitively raised: Is there an off-note such as excessive acetic acid?

You begin to yearn for some off-note, something wrong, something even a bit vulgar, just to show individual sensibility.

An off-note from the sax dented the halting melody out of shape. '

The only off-note was on the pending free trade agreement, stuck in part because U.S. lawmakers worry it could hurt the struggling American auto industry.

NBC is retooling it, and here's hoping season 2 (in February) is better, but the first season was one long, meandering off-note.

A rare off-note was a black truffle risotto studded with diced lobster and fava beans; the rice was several stirs shy of perfection in texture.

Only Walt Disney speaking from Hollywood sounded an ominous off-note: he said, "We'll seem as funny to posterity as an old silent picture looks to us."

Garlic and lemon flavored the unpeeled, butterflied shrimp scampi alla Gina Marie; the off-note was the heavy coating of bread crumbs and oil.

She complimented Winslet and Law's performances, but was critical toward Diaz, who she felt "strikes the off-note, but then you tend to think it's not her fault."

There is one off-note: a close-up of Mr. De Niro, lips pursed, summoning a painful memory but looking more like a casualty of acid reflux.

Striking another off-note, AFP reported that some Japanese music bloggers have even accused South Koreans of boosting the song's YouTube hits by repeatedly using automated viewing programmes.

The devouring delicacy of this jasmine swept her away, but she was not so smitten that she failed to detect a slight overcooked sensation and a faint, lingering off-note of solvent.

The only off-note is sounded in the eccentric, mostly unsatisfying group of so-called "heraldic" works on paper Diebenkorn began around 1980, using the spades and clubs of playing cards as a design motif.

The only off-note, the only deception that breaks the sense that everything is direct and unconcealed, is the way the heavy disk-roof on top lies against the flat arch without actually pressuring it.

From the hello to the goodbye - and there had better be both - smart restaurateurs know they run the risk of losing a customer if the service or the attitude of the staff strikes an off-note.

An off-note might arise from the twin dining rooms, connected only by sidewalk and kitchen; on one occasion, my dining companion and I arrived independently and twiddled our thumbs on separate sides.

The chorizo in a special of Chilean sea bass with white beans hit an off-note, and, as creations go, the stuffed veal chop with polenta and dates was too busy, as was the price topper ($38) - the lobster with lobster coral tagliatelle and vegetables.