micromanager
Americannoun
plural
micromanagersExample Sentences
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"The role of a traditional niche may be more in line with a micromanager -- instructing cells, 'You can be a stem cell, but only one particular type'," explained Mann.
From Science Daily
He was the same micromanager he had always been, going through his headquarters turning off lights if a room was empty.
From Los Angeles Times
Maybe being a micromanager and a little uptight weren’t such horrible things after all.
From Los Angeles Times
Watson was a micromanager with a hand in every pot.
From Slate
But the prosecution applied some of those against him this week, using his own writing to portray him as a micromanager — a man who distrusted his employees for a fear that they will “rob you blind.”
From Seattle Times
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