imputable

British  

/ ɪmˈpjuːtəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being imputed; attributable; ascribable

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Other Word Forms

• imputability
  noun
• imputably
  adverb

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Example Sentences

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imputable

When a prosecutor offers him a chance to provide extenuating circumstances for his crimes—“Can you affirm that your acts are imputable to external influences of some kind ”—Sylvain is unable to follow the question:

From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017

"What the state of Texas has done in this case is imputable in law to the US and engages the United States' international responsibility," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2011

There is no room, however, for the allegation made; and the full amount of her slumber is justly imputable to the gross darkness which so long enveloped the horizon of Russia.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Robert Kerr

If, perchance, the scales of justice be not correctly balanced, let the error be imputable to pity, not to gold.

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

It may be feared that his Sermons were less popular from another cause, imputable more to the congregation than to the pastor.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 by Jonathan Swift

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