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Third Person
misattributes
Present Participle
misattributing
Past Tense
misattributed
Past Participle
misattributed
1
to incorrectly state what or who created or caused something
- The professor accidentally misattributed the quote to the wrong author.
- She realized later that she had misattributed the painting to a different artist.
- The article misattributes the invention to the wrong scientist, causing confusion.
- During the presentation, he misattributed the success of the project to the wrong team.
- He was criticized for misattributing the data to a faulty source in his report.