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  • verb Present participle of overmanage.

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Examples

  • What is incredibly complicated is taking the problem of overmanaging information.

    The High Cost Of Managing Data Ed Sperling 2010

  • According to Mays, Rigney stopped overmanaging him.

    WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010

  • Dark was sometimes accused of “overmanaging,” of not allowing his squad to simply play.

    WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010

  • They have to stop overscripting her, stop overproducing her, stop overmanaging her and allow her to be herself.

    CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008 2008

  • "You end up overscreening, overmanaging and overtreating women who are not actually at risk of getting cervical cancer."

    NYT > Home Page By REUTERS 2011

  • I would call this overmanaging if Dunn had a higher HR total or batting average.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • Smith says managers do their investors a disservice by overmanaging their portfolios.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Valentine was often accused of overmanaging, but if he had been a little more proactive and thought about changing his uniform from the No. 2 he was wearing to No. 3, then maybe the Mets would not still be stuck on two championships for the past two dozen years.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID WALDSTEIN 2010

  • April 18th, 2009 at 4: 33 pm fire girardi and fire eiland. they have done NOTHING. long is the only one that has done something here. but seriously, get those bums out. i'm tired of girardi overmanaging.

    The LoHud Yankees Blog 2009

  • It was probably overmanaging to not let him at least face Thome, but I can definitely understand the rationale behind the move.

    Lone Star Ball 2009

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