/?m?s.??tr?b.ju?t/towronglysay orthinkthat someone or something has aparticularqualityorfeatureas aresultof someone or somethingelse:Hisbadtemperiscommonlymisattributedtothechronicpainin hisleg.This isn't the only word that he misattributes: from thelistof words said to haveAfricanorigins, only two arelikelytoderivefromAfricanlanguages.Hecontendsthat much of theslumpinrevenueshas been mis-attributedtodownsizing.towronglysay orthinkthat something wascreated, said, or written by aparticularperson:Themuseummisattributed apaintingtoVincent Van Gogh.Ofcourseitmattersif aquotationis misattributed.Thequotationis from George Bernard Shaw,althoughit is often mis-attributedtoKennedy.More examples
Conflict overissuesmay be misattributed torelationshipconflict.
