micromanage

mi·cro·man·age | \ ˌmī-krō-ˈma-nij

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micromanaged; micromanaging; micromanages

Definition of micromanage

transitive verb

: to manage especially with excessive control or attention to details

intransitive verb

: to direct or conduct the activities of a group or an enterprise by micromanaging them

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Examples of micromanage in a Sentence

He micromanaged every detail of the budget.

Recent Examples on the Web But House Republicans, then in the majority, opposed any new AUMF that put restrictions on military leaders, saying that Congress should not micromanage wars. — Author: Paul Kane, Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump’s order to strike Iranian leader sparks fresh debate in Congress over war powers," 3 Jan. 2020 No longer will federal bureaucrats micromanage your local police. — chicagotribune.com, "Read the official transcript of President Trump’s remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Chicago," 28 Oct. 2019 Another type is the perfectionist who tends to micromanage employees. — Marcia Heroux Pounds, sun-sentinel.com, "Would you quit your job because of a bad boss? 60 percent in South Florida have done it, survey says," 14 Oct. 2019 As a strategy, China’s efforts to micromanage global conversation is emboldening its critics and eroding the support of its friends. — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, "China Forces the N.B.A. to Weigh Value Against Values," 8 Oct. 2019 Her way might be trying to micromanage everything, and your way might be to have a short fuse with her micromanaging. — cleveland, "Dear Annie: Sibling harmony destroyed by disagreements over care of elderly mother," 28 Sep. 2019 Implanted sensors will spot early signs of illness in farm animals, and micromanage their feeding. — The Economist, "Drastic falls in cost are powering another computer revolution," 12 Sep. 2019 But the government agency is simultaneously requiring T-Mobile and Sprint to sell some of their assets to Dish Network in what amounts to a government attempt to micromanage the mobile industry. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "DOJ’s plan to make Dish the fourth major carrier has a fatal flaw," 27 Aug. 2019 In his mind, anything that reinforced Pentagon leaders’ desire to micromanage events halfway across the globe was problematic. — James Bandler, ProPublica, "How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon," 22 Aug. 2019

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8 Jan 2020

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“Micromanage.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micromanage. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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