mistakenly attribute

Frequency: 6.82.1 per million words

to incorrectly think that something is the result of a particular thing

mistakenlymistakenly + VERB

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attribute

Examples (10)

  • People often mistakenly attribute success solely to talent.
  • The error was mistakenly attributed to a software bug.
  • She mistakenly attributed his kindness to a hidden motive.
  • Historians sometimes mistakenly attribute events to single causes.
  • Don't mistakenly attribute their silence to disapproval.
  • He had mistakenly attributed the quote to the wrong author.
  • The media mistakenly attributed the statement to the president.
  • It's easy to mistakenly attribute correlation with causation.
  • We must not mistakenly attribute all problems to external factors.
  • Critics often mistakenly attribute complex works to simple intentions.