misattribute
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- misattribution noun
Example Sentences
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Patients who reported more severe tiredness or fatigue, headache, aching limbs, joint pain, chills or fever also tended to misattribute pre-existing symptoms to the vaccines, the study found.
From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2023
She pointed out that it can be easy to misattribute multiple infections to an individual — possibly exposing the person to public attack — when the spread has nothing to do with the person’s infectiousness.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2020
But they can still flub tone or even misattribute who said what.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2015
It's very handy that you have distinct accents, because I don't want to misattribute any quotes.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2014
"So when parents are out with their teens supervising practice driving, I think sometimes it's easy to misattribute inexperience to deliberate risk-taking."
From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2014
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