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micromanaging

micromanaging is the present participle and gerund of micromanage.

Meaning of micromanage

Verb

micromanage (third-person singular simple present micromanages, present participle micromanaging, simple past and past participle micromanaged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To manage, direct, or control a person, group, or system to an unnecessary level of detail or precision.
    • The employees complained that their boss was micromanaging when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen-minute intervals.

Questions about micromanaging

What is micromanaging the present participle and gerund of?
Micromanaging is the present participle and gerund of micromanage.

Words near micromanaging in the dictionary

  1. micromanagement
  2. micromanager
  3. micromanagerial
  4. micromanagers
  5. micromanages
  6. micromanaging
  7. micromandible
  8. micromandibles
  9. micromandibular
  10. micromania
  11. micromaniac

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