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Micromanage

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Verb
  1. 1
    To manage, direct, or control a person, group, or system to an unnecessary level of detail or precision. ambitransitive

    "The employees complained that their boss was micromanaging when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen-minute intervals."

Etymology

Back-formation from micromanagement, equivalent to micro- + manage.

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