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Synonyms & Antonyms of finger-pointing
the act of blaming someone for a problem instead of trying to fix or solve it
- Engaging in finger-pointing will not help us solve the problem.
- There was no shortage of finger-pointing among executives after the movie bombed at the box office.
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“Finger-pointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger-pointing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of finger-pointing was in 1914
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