attuned

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adjective

at·​tuned ə-ˈtünd 

-ˈtyünd

: aware of and attentive or responsive to something

—used with to

… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …

—Clifford Krauss

… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.

—Pamela Druckerman

… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.

—Edwin O. Reischauer

attuned

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past tense and past participle of attune

Examples of attuned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

During adolescence, the brain becomes especially attuned to peer approval, which means acceptance, rejection and belonging all hit with more force. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026

These primitive instincts are highly attuned to potential danger and are often triggered before our conscious mind registers that something isn’t right. — Georgia Casey, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026

Consumers are becoming more attuned to, and fatigued by, the frenetic pace of new product launches. — Ellen Thomas, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026

Whereas Morandi showed us that bottles could be seen as similar to humans, Lee may be more attuned to how humans might be like stones. — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1760, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for attuned

• importuned
• ballooned
• communed
• festooned
• impugned
• lampooned
• marooned
• crooned
• freund
• pruned
• spooned
• swooned