falsely attribute
Frequency: 6.96.8 per million words
to wrongly regard something as being caused by or belonging to someone/something
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Examples (10)
- The critics falsely attributed the painting to Picasso.
- She falsely attributed her success to luck rather than hard work.
- The newspaper falsely attributed the quote to the wrong politician.
- Historians often falsely attribute this invention to the wrong century.
- Don't falsely attribute your failures to external circumstances.
- The researcher was accused of falsely attributing data to unreliable sources.
- Many people falsely attribute this famous saying to Einstein.
- The company falsely attributed the product defects to shipping damage.
- Students sometimes falsely attribute their poor grades to unfair teachers.
- The witness falsely attributed the crime to an innocent person.