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to impute
01
to falsely assign a quality, particularly a bad one, to a person or thing
Example
The critic imputed a lack of originality to the artist 's latest work.
The teacher ’s comments imputed laziness to students who failed the test.
They had imputed the software 's glitches to the developers ' oversight.
02
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Example
The critic imputed a lack of originality to the artist's latest work.
The teacher’s comments imputed laziness to students who failed the test.
They had imputed the software's glitches to the developers' oversight.
They had imputed the software's glitches to the developers' oversight.
She was hurt when her colleagues imputed dishonesty to her without evidence.
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