underattribute (English, verb)
expansion: underattribute (third-person singular simple present underattributes, present participle underattributing, simple past and past participle underattributed)
Senses:
glosses: To attribute insufficiently or inadequately.
To underestimate the role of some specified factors in causing (a particular outcome, action, or state of affairs).
tags: transitive
glosses: To attribute insufficiently or inadequately.
To tend to mistakenly believe that (a certain quality) is not present when, in fact, it is.
tags: transitive
glosses: To attribute insufficiently or inadequately.
To misattribute a work of art by asserting that the artist is a less renowned one than it actually is.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: underattributes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: underattributing
tags: participle
present
form: underattributed
tags: participle
past
form: underattributed
tags: past