finger-pointing
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡərˌpɔɪntɪŋ/
- Informal
:
acusación
- During the meeting, there was too much finger-pointing instead of focusing on solutions to our issues.
And it's just this classic, you know, finger pointing in a small town.
- And it's just this classic, you know, finger pointing in a small town.
- Stop the finger pointing, the bickering, the tantrums, the fighting.
- But, but it's not just the Goldman Sachs who's getting a finger pointing at them or the regulators or the FDIC.
- There will be no finger pointing about who missed the ball and getting something done.
- So basically you have the classic kind of back and forth finger pointing that leads to, guess what, nothing getting done.
- Guys, I don't talk about politics on a channel because I don't care enough about the various arguments and the recriminations and the finger pointing.
- It's not a good sign that so soon after this event, there's already some finger pointing going on saying, well, that was their zone, not ours.
- I mean, it was finger pointing spittle from the mouth, very passionate.
- And what you're seeing a lot of is backbiting on their side and finger pointing on on people to blame for their failures.
Examples
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In organizations, schools, and families, blaming and finger-pointing are often symptoms of shame.
Blog text (13) -
The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election.
Blog text (6) -
And it's just this classic, you know, finger pointing in a small town.
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There will be no finger pointing about who missed the ball and getting something done.
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So basically you have the classic kind of back and forth finger pointing that leads to, guess what, nothing getting done.
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I think that we could see some serious finger-pointing one way or the other.
Blog text (13) -
Many domestic relations lawyers, though, say the finger-pointing needs to back up a few steps.
Academic text (1998) -
And then we got into, we got into a bit of finger pointing instead of really owning it and, and as a team really figuring out what was going wrong.
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And right now there's a lot of finger pointing going on about what caused this bank run on SVB.
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Litigation and finger-pointing arising from the oil spill have made cooperation even more difficult and information less available.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
17
4.8
People or groups say others caused a problem to avoid taking responsibility
3
8.8
An accusation that someone did something wrong
1
7.1
Act of putting blame on others to avoid doing a job you should do
Telling others they are to blame, often in public
Antonyms
How Accusatory
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Finger-pointing comes from the simple image of someone using a finger to point at another person to 'blame' them. So, Finger-pointing means blaming others for a problem instead of looking for a solution.