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overmanage en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + manage.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To manage excessively; to micromanage.
    • Most U.S. corporations today are overmanaged and underled. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership. 1998, Harvard Business Review on Leadership, page 38:

Forms

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overmanaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overmanaged Tense=Past lexicographic
overmanaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overmanages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

undermanage

Relateds

overmanagement