attuned

[ uh-toond, uh-tyoond ]

adjective

1. aware of and in harmony with some principle, ideal, or state of affairs:

   We want to ensure that our services are welcoming, inclusive, and culturally attuned.

2. sensitive to someone’s needs, desires, values, etc.:

   This registry guarantees that students across all six of the state’s MBA programs can find coaches perfectly attuned to their individual needs.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of attune ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·at·tuned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of attuned¹

attune ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Lawson is attuned to the idiosyncratic character’s maximalist-leaning tastes and how suspects and cops view her.

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No wonder, then, that a filmmaker as attuned to tenderness and violence as Audiard has found the stuff of his metaphor-laden genre dreams in the story of a trans queenpin emerging from a toxic male shell.

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Only a filmmaker as attuned to his character’s own plight would find the charm and playful possibilities in that titular animal, turning the winding swirl of its shell into a gorgeous motif about how best to look backward in order to move forward.

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While players said they were more attuned to the importance of containing a mobile quarterback after getting burned by Denver’s Bo Nix last week, Cardinals star Kyler Murray ripped off a 44-yard touchdown run on the second play of the fourth quarter that gave Arizona a brief lead.

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Charli — one of the most insightfully self-aware songwriters of our time — isn’t simply a pop star but also an artist extremely attuned to the machine of fame and what pleasures and anxieties it wrings out of you.

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