underattribute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To attribute insufficiently or inadequately.
To underestimate the role of some specified factors in causing (a particular outcome, action, or state of affairs).
To tend to mistakenly believe that (a certain quality) is not present when, in fact, it is.
To misattribute a work of art by asserting that the artist is a less renowned one than it actually is.

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From under- + attribute.

overattribute

underattribution

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