Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overtuned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-tuned
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

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

adj

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

adj

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

adj

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

adj

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

adj

Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).

verb

simple past and past participle of overtune

Example Sentences

"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."
""What are you talking about?" My voice was higher than usual, overtuned. I couldn't move. "What are you saying?""
"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."
"It was not until he was lying in the hospital bed at St Stephen's with his hand and arm fished like a broken spar that he realized his nerves were wound up tauter than an overtuned violin: another fraction of a turn, it seemed, and something would snap."
"Patiently — as patiently as he could with nerves that felt like overtuned guitar-strings — Clay said, "There's nothing wrong with it, honey. I just want to get rolling. I don't think we're going to see anyone, anyway. I think it's too soon.""
"A surge of tight restriction emanates from the locale as tense muscles quiver like overtuned violin strings, and the feeling of shifting the kneecap back in place is very similar to cracking a knuckle (and in fact can produce an audible pop, adding a delightful aural component to the mix)."

Etymology

From over- + tuned.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over-

Inflected Forms

more overtuned (comparative) most overtuned (superlative)

Questions

What does overtuned mean?: Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially
Where does overtuned come from?: From over- + tuned.

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