Most macro lenses can be pressed into service for other uses, but be aware that most macro lenses have extremely short focusing throws once the focusing distance gets past about 1.5 meters, meaning that focusing accuracy is sometimes hit-and-miss at normal portrait distances of 8 to 12 feet, and also very it-and-miss all the way out to infinity.
The newer Zeiss manual focus ZF and ZE lenses do not have this type of hair-trigger manual focusing adjustment at longer focusing distances, but the majority of AF macro lenses, and most older macro lenses made by Nikon have the same hair-trigger focusing at longer than macro focusing distances.
A normal "field telephoto" has focusing that is optimized for focusing at normal distances. A macro lens is optimized for accurate and precise focusing at close ranges, and so from roughly 1.5 meters to Infinity, many macro lenses have only a scant few degrees of movement of the focusing ring that traverses a huge distance,very rapidly. That leads to lower accuracy and lower precision under many real-world shooting conditions.
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