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- noun Alternative form of
finger-pointing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the imputation of blame
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Examples
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Now that fingerpointing is primarily one Korean pointing at another.
Archive 2005-12-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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Now that fingerpointing is primarily one Korean pointing at another.
Cloning, Nationalism, and Faked Data Richard Nokes 2005
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Will this lost result in fingerpointing or the realization that the dems for change are just a little outside the mainsteam?
Caravati, Schilling Win Council Election at cvillenews.com 2002
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Will this lost result in fingerpointing or the realization that the dems for change are just a little outside the mainsteam?
Caravati, Schilling Win Council Election at cvillenews.com 2002
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Not to quibble, but the term "fingerpointing" is generally ascribed to those who are trying to blame each other for losing, not those who are ascribing blame for not having won by an overwhelming enough margin. print share
New York Times Inexplicably Says Dems Are "Fingerpointing" 2009
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The apparent eagerness of Team McCain to indulge in this kind of fingerpointing is similarly unprofessional, and it raises an interesting question.
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But while stating that he was not "fingerpointing," he said a lack of political support and the complications of attempting to build a facility during a severe economic downturn were largely responsible for killing the deals.
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There's been a great deal of process-y pundit sniggering about the Dem line of attack on outside spending -- it won't work, Dems have done similar stuff before, it's about laying the groundwork for post-election fingerpointing, etc.
Are Dems really scapegoating outside groups? Greg Sargent 2010
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Amid increased fingerpointing, efforts sputtered to hold back the spill, while the government desperately cast about for new ideas for dealing with the growing environmental crisis.
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This is not the time for political fingerpointing — fingerpointing like Obama is doing, thereby making this all his fault!
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