overtuned

adjective7

1. •
   Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality).

   • 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. — 2007
2. •
   Of a string or string instrument: tuned so as to be excessively tight.
3. •
   Of an engine: tuned so as to be more powerful than intended by the manufacturer.

   • There was the high-pitched rev of an overtuned engine, and Rosalie roared out of the shed and headed for the gully of the little stream by the dry-stone wall. — 1993
4. •
   Of a sense or mode of perception: trained so as to be excessively sensitive.

   • Had she just caught a reflection from somewhere else? A night bird? Or were her overtuned and hypervigilant senses playing games with her mind? — 2004
5. •
   Of a character, item, ability, etc.: excessively powerful; overpowered.

   • I think honestly some of the abilities we gave Dash may have been slightly overtuned. — 2019
6. •
   Of a raid or similar challenge: excessively difficult.
7. •
   (figurative) Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).