Overtuned

Quick meaning: Overtuned is an adjective meaning Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:.

Meaning

Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, by extension) Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).
2. simple past and past participle of overtune

Example Sentences

"What are you talking about?" My voice was higher than usual, overtuned. I couldn't move. "What are you saying?"

The process is overtuned. . . . Now it's gotten to the point where it takes sixteen months to get out any release of any Microsoft product. They really can't steer that ship very fast.

We also accept what we are told in the same breath, that he was certifiably insane. Because according to the received wisdom of popular culture, this is the inevitable consequence of having a precociously overtuned mind.

Senior editor Wes Fenlon theorized overtuned motion blur could be an attempt to cover up an inconsistent framerate, but Frontiers ran pretty smoothly to my eye, so the blur either did its job or looked that way for stylistic reasons.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overamped, overadjusted, overamplified, overtight, overtaut, overdone.

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