Definition of fine-tuned
1
: precisely adjusted for the highest level of performance, efficiency, or effectiveness
- a fine-tuned machine
- His voice on "Always Late with Your Kisses" rolled along its cordillera of syllables like a fine-tuned sports car.
- —Bryan Di Salvatore
2
: improved or refined over time
- His story is that of a man with an exquisitely fine-tuned creative imagination …
- —Bruce McCall
- It is one of the many recipes that are treasured family hand-downs or the fine-tuned ideas of Marilyn Lewis …
- —Caroline Bates
